Northrop Frye Quotes
The fable says that the tortoise won in the end, which is consoling, but the hare shows a good deal of speed and few signs of tiring.
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All I've done all my life is disobey.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
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I dont think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you dont discourage something that may be rather nice.
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Some individuals may perceive their losing fight with gravity as a sharp pain in their back, others as the unflattering contour of their body, others as constant fatigue, yet others as an unrelentingly threatening environment. Those over forty may call it old age. And yet all these signals may be pointing to a single problem so prominent in their own structure, as well as others, that it has been ignored: they are off balance, they are at war with gravity.
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Recognize and embrace your flaws so you can learn from them. Sometimes it takes a little polishing to truly shine.
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When I watch a movie, I don't make a sound or move. The more I'm into the movie, the more bored I look.
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Opportunity ... It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.
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I complain about my life. I used to complain about boys or not being able to drive or failing a test. Now I complain about boys, not being able to drive, and leaving home so much.
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I believe that constant effort, tireless effort, pursuing clear goals with sincere effort is the only way
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As champions of green jobs, we're asking questions that progressives should like, like "How are we going to avoid baking the planet," and "How are we going to create jobs for ordinary Americans?" Meanwhile, we're offering solutions that conservative should like. I'm not calling for more welfare; I'm calling for more work.
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Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
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The judiciary has fallen to a very low state in this country. I think your part of the country has suffered especially. The federal judges of the South are a disgrace to any country, and I'll be damned if I put any man on the bench of whose character and ability there is the least doubt.
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We need to feminise history because we are 50 per cent of the population, and our story is just as interesting.
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I don't think I could ever really be with a woman because that's a lot of... Yeah, there's a lot of estrogen and I'm a lot to deal with when it's that time of the month, so I can't imagine it times two.
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School just speeds things up... Without school it might take 70 years before you wake up and are able to count.
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The fable says that the tortoise won in the end, which is consoling, but the hare shows a good deal of speed and few signs of tiring.
