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John Crowe Ransom Quotes

The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape?

John Crowe Ransom

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: April 30, 1888 - July 3, 1974

Topics

Poetry Escape Arts Modernism How

I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too.

Humor People Think Sense Of Humor

Belief gets in the way of learning.

Learning Belief Way Gets

Perhaps America works like this: Presidencies swing, as reactions to each other, like a pendulum. My optimistic belief is it is how we keep our country in balance.

Balance America Country Swing Belief

You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.

Yourself You Person Always Little

We have suffered discrimination. We have suffered isolation and undermining. But we stand up for America, oftentimes when others who think they are more patriotic, who say they are more patriotic, do not.

Stand Up Isolation Think Stand Say

I think all my favorite directors have acted. They understand how an actor thinks.

Think Understand Actor Favorite How

I never think about Wall Street - why should I - but to go down there so often while filming 'Working Girl,' to become acquainted with this whole different world, and to find out what goes on behind the scenes, is so interesting. There's so much of the city that you don't really bother to investigate. Ahh... New York.

Sigourney Weaver

Girl New York City World Think You

I studied international relations in England, and I wanted to pursue higher education and be able to analyze what was going on in Iran politically, not only in Iran, but in the Middle East.

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Education Higher Education Middle

I want to write such things as compel the admiring acclamation of the world at large, such things as are written but once in years, things subtle but distinctly different from the books written every day.

Day World Every Day Want Write

I make paintings, try to get others to look at them and hopefully buy them.

Look Try Others Buy Get Make

If a comparative-literature major had existed at Harvard College for undergraduates I would have surely gone in that direction.

College Direction Harvard Gone Would

Gene Kelly was a little tough, and he used to yell at me on the set.

Debbie Reynolds

Me Tough Little Used Set He

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