Northrop Frye Quotes
The operations of the human mind are also controlled by words of power, formulas that become a focus of mental activity.
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The only foreplay I really need is for a guy to kiss my hip bone. The hip is the most erotic and neglected body part. Kiss the hip bone with your lips.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
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Laughter is a strange response. I mean, what is it? It's a spasm of some kind! Is that always joy? It's very often discomfort. It's some sort of explosive reaction. It's very complex.
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Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
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Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.
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I'm not a politician - it's not my cup of tea.
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When climate change supercharges weather patterns, the disadvantaged often suffer first and most.
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It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.
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I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously. What a terrible thing it is to botch the farewell. I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things meaningful shape.
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Hello, I'm Johnny Cash.
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I find that life is easier when it is just a blurWith no details to confuse who or what or where I wasSo when the ending comes the full regret will be obscure
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I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.
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I think that research is incredibly important and hopefully one day there will be a cure for cancer. They are making great strides.
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I was always a performer kid - like, annoyingly so. I would put on shows for my family and direct my friends in little plays, and my little sister, I'd make up dances with her. But when I was 12, that was when I started taking it seriously, and my mom for some reason believed in me and helped me find an agent in Cleveland, which did nothing for me.
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The House Democrats don't want Gore humiliated, so they slammed the door of the Capitol in my face. They are cowards.
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As a competitor, I try to do everything in my power to control the uncontrollable.
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In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active.
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Quit thinking about what Bobby Lee's gonna do to us and start thinking about what we're going to do to him.
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If you do not understand what God's present claims over you are, you may depend upon it that as days of testing come on you will not be able to keep your footing.
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
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The operations of the human mind are also controlled by words of power, formulas that become a focus of mental activity.
