Lascelles Abercrombie Quotes
Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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With the rapid growth of Internet users in China bringing online video into a new paradigm, the market scale we first envisioned as an online video website back in 2006 has grown significantly.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
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But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
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I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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TV is still the place to grab the most eyeballs.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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There are some truths to some of the stories, but a lot of it isn't - you just have got to let it go.
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I realised that you could easily turn any room into a cinema with a projector, so I went on and on at my parents for one. They eventually got me a projector for Christmas when I was ten, and I realised I'd made a ridiculous mistake - I'd forgotten to say 'movie' projector; I got a still one.
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
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As children, we develop some scorn for our parents and their imperfections.
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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
