Northrop Frye Quotes
Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to learned and worked at.
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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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Conformity is dangerous.
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Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort.
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Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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This Adonis in loveliness was a corpulent man of fifty.
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My parents are so cool, so chill, super hip. They know what's up.
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
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A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.
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In a democratic age, you can't buck demography - except through civil war.
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I can never find a movie I want to watch, even though I've got hundreds to choose from.
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One needs to live every day according to God's commandments. And then any kind of difficulty or unpleasantness will be manageable.
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I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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A good president needs a big comfort zone. He should be able to treat enemies as opportunities, appear authentic in joy and grief, stay cool under the hot lights.
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A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.
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I don't have hard numbers about this, but the impression I get is that the amount of eyeballs you get from being on the humor shelf at Barnes & Noble - it is almost insignificant.
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I only go to yoga to drink wine, so I'm good. I just throw the calories right back in.
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Man is alone in the world, in tremendous eternal isolation. He has no object outside himself; lives for nothing else; he is far removed from being the slave of his wishes, of his abilities, of his necessities; he stands far above social ethics; he is alone. Thus he becomes one and all.
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The commencement of coal mining at Parsa Kente is a milestone event in coal mining sector.
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Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.
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To be a writer you have to be out in the world, you have to risk yourself in the world, you have to be immersed in the world, you have to go out looking for it. This becomes harder as you get older because there's less energy, the days are shorter for older people and it's not so easy to go out and immerse oneself in the world outside.
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Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to learned and worked at.
