Northrop Frye Quotes
My subject is the educated imagination, and education is something that affects the whole person, not bits and pieces of him .
Quotes to Explore
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I know a lot about Judy Garland. She was born in 1922, and I think she died in '69. When I was little, like, when I was 8, I knew all of her husbands' names.
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.
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With the dreary season in which we travelled part of the route; with our minds much more actively employed in forming resources for our preservation from famine.
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I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious.
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I lost my mother and my brother when I was 15 in two separate car accidents. I was doing well at school. I was a good sportsperson, but at that point, I gave up on all of those things that were there to be done. I couldn't deal with them.
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I love rehearsing; it's the best part of the job.
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I had always suspected that one could build an entire house from what went into the landfill, and, sure enough, it's true.
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What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you.
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Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true. The smarter you are, the better prepared you are to make decisions in your life, the more likely you are to lead a satisfying life and be glamorous and fun and anything you want to be.
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The Clouds consign their treasures to the fields;And, softly shaking on the dimpled poolPrelusive drops; let all their moisture flow,In large effusion, o'er the freshen'd world.
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Africa’s progress will depend on development that truly lifts countries from poverty to prosperity - because people everywhere deserve the dignity of a life free from want.
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Something in your voice tells me we approach the question of remuneration.
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Far from it be the notion that the Supreme Being is corporeal, having a material form.
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The way the law is written, people who are under 250 percent of poverty, who have a marketplace plan, also are eligible to have some of their deductible and co-pay expenses paid through cost-sharing. Insurance companies basically front the money and are reimbursed by the federal government, by HHS.
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I've never really considered doing stand up, but I have done readings/spoken word things fairly often in which I'll just tell a bunch of stories and run off at the mouth. I'm a big tangent person.
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People that know me know that I cook. I cook every night.
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When I got to Hollywood, there wasn't even a Boulevard. I'm that old. It was just a little dirt trail. I'm kidding.
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A story isn't about a moment in time, a story is about the moment in time.
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I always struggle with making the technical aspects of the plot fit with the story that's unfolding in my imagination.
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One of the few certainties in life is that persons of certainty should certainly be avoided.
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I am the shortest and least funny person in my family.
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My subject is the educated imagination, and education is something that affects the whole person, not bits and pieces of him .
