M. H. Abrams Quotes

It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable.

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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With Trump, because of the kind of seemingly violent way that he talks about things and because he's on Twitter almost every single morning, I think it brings down the respect that we have for the White House and for the Oval Office in particular, so the expectation is anything can happen, and that becomes the norm, which is unfortunate.

Joe Morton

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Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.

Jessica Savitch

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The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.

John Irving

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You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately as I knew my own image in a mirror. In other words, I knew him only in relation to myself.

Angela Carter

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A woman knows a skirt-chaser.

Alveda King

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To be fair, Republicans are not blameless. The deficit began to spiral out of control on President Bush's watch.

Rob Woodall

ControlPresidentFairOutWatch

I was a skinny 17-year-old.

Roger Rees

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'Alligator' was the first record that anyone paid attention to, and it seemed like it was the screamy songs that got us that attention.

Matt Berninger

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It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.'

Dimebag Darrell

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I'm the guy who puts projects together.

Bobby Schilling

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I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don't know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us.'

Bruno Mars

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I'm a kid for a living: I get to play the piano for a living.

Bruce Hornsby

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