Northrop Frye Quotes
Literature begins with the possible model of experience, and what it produces is the literary model we call the classic.
Quotes to Explore
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I see my role as a scholar announcing that women's feelings of unworthiness and insecurity often may be traced to training in a male-oriented religion, and I'm trying to investigate a richer spiritual life for both sexes.
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
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Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.
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Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.
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People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'
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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.
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Let's be clear about what Common Core is. It spells out what students should know at the end of each grade. The goal is to ensure that our students are sound in math and literacy and that our schools have some basic consistency nationwide. But the standards do not dictate a national curriculum, and teachers are not told how or what to teach.
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Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
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Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.
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Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.
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I'm inspired every day by the great captains of industry and enlightened entrepreneurs like my great-great-grandfather and founder of Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli, who personally knew all his workers and gave so much to this country, or Adriano Olivetti, unique and innovative in every way.
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Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.
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The importance of human judgment does not evaporate in the future, and as connected individuals, we will have to exercise sound judgment about what we choose to share or not share about ourselves.
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Since the election of Shinzo Abe as the new Japanese prime minister, by reputation a fervent nationalist, relations between Japan and China have paradoxically improved a little.
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I can't serve just the Negro cause. I've got to serve all the people of Massachusetts.
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Literature is one of the few areas left where black and white feel some identity of purpose; we all struggle under censorship.
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Literature begins with the possible model of experience, and what it produces is the literary model we call the classic.
