Allan Bloom Quotes

Shakespeare's naturalness is attested to by the strange fact that he is the only classical author who remains popular. The critical termites are massed and eating away at the foundations, trying to topple him. Whether they will succeed will be a test of his robustness.

Allan Bloom

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 14, 1930 - October 7, 1992

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Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.

Jimmy Buffett

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I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

Joe Torre

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I hadn't meant to do the pattern of publishing short stories and then a novel. I thought, 'I'm a novelist. I know it.' But you have to kind of write a lot of bad novels before you can write a good one, I think, so I did that. But meanwhile, I loved the short stories I did.

Andrew Sean Greer

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It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I'm going to do it some day.

Medgar Evers

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I think your self emerges more clearly over time.

Meryl Streep

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I got several litmus tests for songs, but usually the people at the publishing company... they're straight-shooters.

Brantley Gilbert

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Structure your cross-training appropriately by alternating the intensity of your sessions so you work, recover, work, recover.

Brett Hoebel

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When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.

Arlen Specter

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Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue.

Peter Garrett

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The stigma of movie actors doing television is gone now.

Sean Bean

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You gotta 'be' country music - you can't just sing it.

Scotty McCreery

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You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.

Thomas Wolfe

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