Northrop Frye Quotes
I don't see how the study of language and literature can be separated from the question of free speech, which we all know is fundamental to our society.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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I am not a dumb animal to be browbeaten, cowed, lashed, coerced or goaded into anything I do not think is right.
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We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
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I'm really looking forward to working with Meghan Trainor because that's in the pipeline, and I'm eager for it to really happen.
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Until the year 1967, it was a crime, for which you could be put in prison, to make homosexual love to someone in your own house. If they came in and caught you at it, you could be put into prison. This has changed - I'm talking about England, incidentally.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.
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I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.
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Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost.
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When memories fade, can one ever really return home?
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Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.
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I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.
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Working on a film is so great because you have the luxury of more time when you're on a movie than when you're on television.
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Think with your whole body.
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The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense.
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Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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I just don't like to do a lot of the normal things expected of other artists. I'm not trying to be difficult; I'm just trying to stick with what it is I want to do.
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Being a pastor's kid comes with a lot of pressure and scrutiny. A lot of my dad's sermons were about respect. It was a beautiful way to be taught about love and two people being equal.
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I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.
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It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today.
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Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.
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It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure. (12)
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I don't see how the study of language and literature can be separated from the question of free speech, which we all know is fundamental to our society.
