Northrop Frye Quotes
The tricky or boastful gods of ancient myths and primitive folk tales are characters of the same kind that turn up in Faulkner or Tennessee Williams.

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My favorite movie is 'Iron Man.' I tell people that I think it's just as good as 'Dark Knight,' if not better, and people tell me I'm crazy. I really like 'Iron Man.'
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It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
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In the jungle, faith also became something very real; it helped me to understand what was happening to me and changed my questions.
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The new Disney cartoon 'Bambi' is interesting because it's the first one that's been entirely unpleasant.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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People get to choose who they follow, so they follow me for me. It's super humbling and awesome.
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It's some weird idea to think that you've always got to say everything is great and perfect.
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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Hillary stood with us, as she has stood with so many over the years, and we are proud to stand with her for our country now.
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I'm usually cast for the more goofy and tomboyish characters.
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Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.
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I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years.
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Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
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My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
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As an actress, one of the perks is having access to ridiculously expensive clothing and prancing around on the red carpet. Who wouldn't want to have fun with that?
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I don't have a trainer. I have what I call 'the poor man's workout and the rich man's diet.' I run for 1 hour every day and do 500 sit-ups and 1000 crunches, and I lift weights at the Y for 28 bucks a month, even if it's 3 in the morning.
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Every crowd has a silver lining.
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Nowhere but in France are people so strictly observant of great matters and so disdainfully indulgent about small ones.
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Women pay attention to how men drive because it's a good indicator of what kind of character you have. They want someone who's going to be intelligent and cautious and assertive and confident when you need to be, but not overly aggressive and reckless, and also not timid and overly paranoid.
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The tricky or boastful gods of ancient myths and primitive folk tales are characters of the same kind that turn up in Faulkner or Tennessee Williams.