M. H. Abrams Quotes
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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Actors are always the last to see what they have created.
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When we were younger, we sang at the dinner table. We started doing two part harmony, then three part, and then we added back up tapes and instruments.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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Most kids at 10 or 11 love science, but I never outgrew it.
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I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable.
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The ADA is the living testament to our Nation's commitment that we will always stand up for our neighbors' right to live fulfilling lives.
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I always wanted Han Solo's confidence and swagger. My personality is way more C-3PO, but Han was always who I wanted to be.
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I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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If the artists would just keep hammering away - unify, stick together - then music will become the king again, which is what it should be.
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The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question.
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I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look.
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I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.
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If you don't have a functioning financial system the world economy won't be revived. All the major economies have their responsibility to assist at a pace which is required to clean up the balance sheet of the banking system and to ensure that credit flows are resumed.
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I think everyone evolves over the years, but I have always had the silhouette that I know suits me. I am never going to wear a frothy, poufy thing that sticks out because I have found a style that works for me, and I stick with it.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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Sustainable energy is the equivalent of the U.S. moon shot.
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When Barbarossa commences, the world will hold its breath and make no comment.
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For decades I've been told by my adversaries in the Religious Right that they only seek a “place at the table” for their Christian worldview—well, their version of Christianity, that is. But evidence has mounted recently that what they really want is something else entirely: to own the table, determine what goes on it, and force-feed everyone the same gruel they consume.
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All unwillingly I opened my eyes - then I opened them wider, and lifted my head. The heat, my weariness, were quite forgotten. Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this there was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen.
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A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask 'Why do we stay up there if it's so dangerous?' Well, we stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: tradition!
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Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.
