Northrop Frye Quotes
We find rhetorical situations everywhere in life, and only our imaginations can get us out of them.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
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I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.
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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
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My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
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I couldn't have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me.
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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
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There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.
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A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
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I am indebted to the Indian Army, from my birth till now; I have grown and imbibed the indomitable spirit of this fighting force.
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I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful.
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My mom grew up with horses, and when I turned 14, 15, she's like, 'Do you want to take a riding lesson?' I thought, 'Oh, gross, dirty.' She was like, 'Okay.' And then I did, and now I'm the one cleaning those damn stalls out. You can't get me away from the barn now. It shocks even me.
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Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.
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A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing.
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The actresses I most admire are Cameron Diaz and Sofia Vergara. They're amazing comedic actresses and also gorgeous. That's the direction I'd like my career to go in.
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I believe in peace-building in any kind of platform, be it a political platform like Parliament or negotiations like peace-building negotiations.
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I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.
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It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
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You want to believe in leaders, really believe in leaders. You want what they are saying to be truthful, and you want to trust them.
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Spreading manure is a great way of bringing yourself down to earth.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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We find rhetorical situations everywhere in life, and only our imaginations can get us out of them.
