M. H. Abrams Quotes

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.

M. H. Abrams

Recitation: by Male by Female

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  • Author Profession: critic
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  • Birth: July 23, 1912 - April 21, 2015

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Every work of art is a great promise of escape and, therefore, like an open invitation.

Maurizio Cattelan

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Not all single women want to be married. Not all boys like football. Not all homemakers like to cook. Not all messy people are lazy. And not all the obese are gluttons. There are glands and diabetes and a dozen conditions you never heard of that may account for things. Put your sermon through the counter-stereotype sieve.

John Piper

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Taking place in some Nordic-looking hinterland where all the seasons are out of whack, 'Game of Thrones' is the most aggressive example since 'Battlestar Galactica' of a genre that's perceived as adolescent aspiring to be fully adult.

Steve Erickson

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I understood it's a business as far as when you're drafting someone, and you want a guy you can trust. But there were no questions on my ability or character.

Stefon Diggs

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We didn't roll credits after 'Monday Night Raw.' You know, it didn't say, 'Stone Cold Steve Austin played by Steve Austin,' so all of a sudden people think that's who and what you are 24/7, you know, 365 days a year.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.

Steve Martin

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When our diplomats go abroad, they are surprised that they can't do the things that they can do here.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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I've been reaching out to voters across the political spectrum from the very beginning.

Jon Ossoff

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I turned down one of the big young adult franchises.

Douglas Booth

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In some ways, I'm still a kid from Missouri and Oklahoma, and I'm trying to find my way.

Brad Pitt

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2015 was, like, packed from January. 2016 is simultaneously open and packed - but I'm trying to keep 2016 open as possible so I can do weird, crazy, kooky stuff.

Tyler Oakley

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In elementary school, we all say, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all.' In high school, we should say, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, shut your mouth.' So that's what I'm telling high schools all around the world.

Nick Vujicic

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