M. H. Abrams Quotes
The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.
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I'm really good at making teen angst romantic. I'm really good at dealing with heartbreak and things like that and making it into this whole experience. But there's no way to make someone-on-the-Internet-said-something-mean-about-me into romantic angst where you can listen to music and cry or whatever.
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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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Life is one big love story with hundreds of little love stories within it.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And I was also in a women's a capella group. And I was in the gospel choir at school. Actually, I've always been in choirs. Or some kind of group. Just because I love singing so much. But I truthfully never thought of it as a career.
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Because these show are live, script pages are being switched during the program and new commercial teases might be yelled in your ear with just enough time to scribble them on scrap paper before reading them.
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I had a very thorough grounding in music; I'd grown up around songs. My parents listened to a lot of music. My dad was majorly into jazz, which was absolutely a big influence on me, even if it was more subconsciously as a kid.
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In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative.
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It's very different when you're reading a script to when you're watching a movie for the first time.
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Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the Darkness disappeared. The light spread until the patch of Dark Thing had vanished, and there was only a gentle shining, and through the shining came the stars, clear and pure.
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She was leaving the world as woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last. No. It was not so bad, Mariam thought, that she should die this way. Not so bad.
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I really like Gwyneth Paltrow a lot, as far as her career, because I think she's done a lot of small movies but she's also done great, big movies, and she's a really great actress.
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I would die if Woody Allen ever called and said, 'Emma, I have a role for you.'
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The only people I really hate are parking attendants.
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This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting.
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There was a time when the newspapers said that only twelve men understood the theory of relativity. I do not believe there ever was such a time ... On the other hand, I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.
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Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are.
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Power is the ability to make change.
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The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.
