Northrop Frye Quotes

It is of the essence of imaginative culture that it transcends the limits both of the naturally possible and of the morally acceptable.

Northrop Frye

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: July 14, 1912 - January 23, 1991

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I would eventually leave the business in 1999 to work full-time as a writer, but during the previous decade, I would advise French businessmen on how to succeed in Germany; tell Americans what to do in Eastern Europe; show the Spanish how to become more like the Americans. I spent one particularly haunting year advising bankers in Mexico.

Matthew Stewart

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There's definitely a loneliness and, like, an internal element to being a performer.

Anna Faris

LonelinessBeingLikeInternal

I just feel like it would be so against my personality to have this struggle in tennis and just give up. I know it's not me, not who I am, and that would probably affect other parts of my life.

Michael Chang

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I saw firsthand the toll that fraud can take on the victims and their families.

Amy Klobuchar

FraudTakeSawVictimsFamilies

No one can travel your own road for you; you must travel it for yourself. My faith in this stems from my childhood. I grew up in a family with a system of religious beliefs handed down to me.

Amy Tan

FamilyFaithChildhoodTravelRoad

I think it is a mistake to focus - as we most often do - only on the sacrifice of life that war requires. War also requires that we sacrifice our normal unwillingness to kill.

Stanley Hauerwas

LifeFocusSacrificeMistakeWar

When trouble ends even troubles please.

Sophocles

TroubleEvenTroublesPleaseEnds

Every time Jimmy Scott sings, it's the same but slightly different. I don't know how he does that or where he gets that from. I think it's instinct. Nothing he does is by chance; he's in complete control of what he's doing. He's just beautiful and unique.

Sufjan Stevens

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ECW fans were original. They were part of the show. They were a big part of the show, and other fans in other towns in other countries would imitate the fans that were on ECW television.

Rob Van Dam

TelevisionFansBigOriginalShow

The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins.

Russell Baker

GoodAmericanBluesDaysRuinsMany

When I retired, I was at an in-between age. I wasn't a child anymore, I wasn't really a woman yet, and they weren't really writing scripts for that age.

Mary Badham

AgeWomanChildWritingIn-Between

When I lament and darken over my diminishments, I accomplish nothing. It's better to sit at the window all day, pleased to watch birds, barns, and flowers.

Donald Hall

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