Northrop Frye Quotes
The primary and literal meaning of the Bible, then, is its centripetal or poetic meaning.
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The ways in which readers encounter and relate to information is dramatically influenced by their education as well as their awareness of the pitfalls relating to the information source.
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When we came out from the Elysee palace, there was a gigantic limousine waiting for us and four police on motorcycles. It is probably one of the few times I have experienced my fame. I thought it was so fantastic that I laughed to the point of shouting.
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The biggest misrepresentation there is that (it's because) Dan's got a lot of money. That's not it. We've got a rule. Believe me, if we had no rules, Dan would spend some money.
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We live in a world where the more you're working, the more things you do. It's a workaday world.
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Happiness does not exist as an isolated quality, nor does it conform to a single fixed pattern. Happiness is something that breathes and lives in the relationships between one person and another.
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There's been improvement in a lot of areas. It's not 100 percent, and not every hotel is doing well, but we can take some comfort in that improvement.
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It takes strong men and women to love ... people strong enough inside themselves to love ... without humiliation.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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The best that can be said for those like Senators Nelson and Landrieu is that they held out until Obama and Reid met their price. By now, I can't even recall what it took to make Joe Lieberman say 'Uncle!' But it just goes to prove that when politicians like these three refer to themselves as moderate Democrats, we should recognize that it's similar to the distinction made in a related field when call girls insist they're not streetwalkers. It's the same profession; only the prices differ.
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I laughed until my fat hurt.
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He knows what He is doing with me. I cannot always understand His way, but I am content in the realization that He knows what is best. That is surrender.
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The mathematical giant [Gauss], who from his lofty heights embraces in one view the stars and the abysses.
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She'll be evaluated like any other Double-A umpire. Major League Baseball has never attempted to influence our decision
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If religion and churches are truly threats to our liberties, how did those liberties survive, and in such healthy condition, all those years of classroom prayer and Bible-reading?
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Even though you picture Russians as stoic, their language is really poetic.
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The primary and literal meaning of the Bible, then, is its centripetal or poetic meaning.
