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M. H. Abrams Quotes

The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'

M. H. Abrams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Nature Looking Direction Test True

Emerson was such an important figure in our literary history, and in the moral and religious development of our people, that attention cannot be directed to him too often.

John Burroughs

History People Attention Moral Him

Traditional values are big in my life.

Jennifer Hudson

Life My Life Values Big Traditional

My mother had all these maxims - like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed.

Jennifer Tilly

Mother Hair Classy Never Gum Get

Best, I'd advise, to give up all animal products obtained by cruel methods. There are some fine companies nowadays offering leather substitutes.

Matthew Scully

Best Animal Leather Up Cruel Give

I always play women I would date.

Angelina Jolie

Women Dating Play Always Date Would

McDonald's is good for me.

Amanda Latona

Good Me McDonald

Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.

Stefan Zweig

Fate More Never Even Generous Grant

Johnny was an athlete who didn't play sport. His first love was baseball, but he didn't think he had it in him to be a professional.

Tommy Ramone

Love Baseball Think Play Athlete

I learned my weaknesses at the Asian Games and other competitions where I lost. My guard was down.

Mary Kom

Down Lost Games Asian Weaknesses

I can't imagine anything more debilitating, anything more challenging, anything more thrilling than to get on a stage and do any kind of play. It is such a vulnerable place for any actor to be in.

Michelle Monaghan

Place Play Kind Actor More Stage

With Halcyon's technology, the pool of genetic information will grow by orders of magnitude in the course of months, offering the first real chance at cures for cancer and other previously intractable diseases.

Luke Nosek

Technology Chance Grow Information

I've written in the middle of a conversation or the grocery store or at another band's concert or in the last moments before falling asleep. It's pretty unpredictable. I think it's always flowing, and sometimes I'm not listening. There's no formula for when I'm going to be able to be a good listener to myself.

Lucy Dacus

Good Myself Listening Think Moments