Northrop Frye Quotes
We find rhetorical situations everywhere in life, and only our imaginations can get us out of them.
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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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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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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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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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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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Owning great landmarks such as the Empire State Building or Trump Tower or the General Motors Building or the Plaza Hotel - there are certain just spectacular landmarks - it's an honor; it's really an honor.
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We want to create content that our fans will like but at the same time stretches us creatively, with our own little touch.
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TV is the best. I wish that's how life was.
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I like something about George W. Bush. A lot. After spending more than a decade having almost physiological-chemical reactions anytime I saw him, getting the heebie-jeebies whenever he spoke - after being sure from the start that he was a Gremlin on the wing of America - I really like the paintings of George W. Bush.
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Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
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Dear Lord, I pray that my place will never be with the cold, timid souls who do not compete yet criticize, for they never know or feel success or failure.
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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
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Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.
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We find rhetorical situations everywhere in life, and only our imaginations can get us out of them.
