Northrop Frye Quotes
This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature.
Quotes to Explore
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I bought a girl roses once.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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I like a fresh face. I like clean skin. Fresh skin, cute color on the lip, cat eye, mascara, and I'm good to go!
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.
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Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
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A relationship is like another job, you know, you have to work at it all the time.
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There is a reason behind life. There is some connectivity between living beings. Whether you want to call that 'God' or 'The Force' or whatever word you use for it, I do believe in a spiritualized mechanism.
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Our responsibility as artists is to challenge ourselves.
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Everyone needs some kind of compelling drama in their life, basically.
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Autonomy was shopped to us. We looked at the price and thought it was absurdly high.
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Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world.
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People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don’t know anything about it?
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The manifestation of the Divinity must be understood to be in greater degree in those who are honoured, respected, and obeyed by a large following, than in those who have gained no such influence.
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I like tragedies, whether they're sci-fi or something else, but I can't say I know much about any genre in particular.
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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
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Just follow your gut. If you seriously believe that something is the right thing to do, if you are so convinced that your stomach is knotting up every time someone suggests an alternative way of doing all this, take a deep breath and just say, "You're wrong."
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I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind.
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This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature.
