Lascelles Abercrombie Quotes

That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.

Lascelles Abercrombie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 9, 1881 - October 27, 1938

Topics

PoetrySayInventionBeenEpicMany

I might be needy, competitive and desperate but it's far better than being wet.

Jenny Eclair

BetterCompetitiveWetBeingFar

I have a fascination for extra-judicial societies and underground cultures, and in situations where justice can only be found outside the law, and how these societies have evolved over the centuries.

Ann Nocenti

JusticeLawOutsideOverCultures

You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.

Michael Caine

RememberYouNeverSuccessfulTill

Genre stuff is the most exciting stuff for an actor to play. I get to try new things, do things I would have never got the chance to do.

Amy Acker

New ThingsChancePlayNewActor

Screenwriting, as a whole, tends to be more objective. In a novel, you can have chapters of stream-of-consciousness writing that add depth to the plot and characters. Film doesn't allow for that by its nature, at least in the long form.

Stephen McFeely

NatureWritingLongYouMorePlot

The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story.

Stephen Sommers

GreatHumorBestStoryMoviesScary

I feel that when I began writing, I had a need to know more about the play before I got into it. I think that's the way I was thinking. But my actual experience is that the best way to find out what the structure is, is by writing the play out laterally. You just have got to be brave enough to start without knowing where you are going.

Tom Stoppard

BestExperienceBraveWritingStart

You cannot reason with people who don't recognize the humanity in all of us.

Roxane Gay

PeopleHumanityYouReasonUsWho

I was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada. I left when I was three. My parents went to Miami, and that's where I grew up.

Joshua Henry

ParentsMiamiBornCanadaThreeUp

God has blessed me to be where I'm at today. All the trials and tribulations I faced throughout my career and life. Look at where I'm at now, I'm the all-time Packers leading receiver of that franchise. That tells you a lot.

Donald Driver

LifeGodTodayMeBlessedLook

It starts with me. I have to get the team in the right play and throw the ball where it's supposed to go.

Brock Osweiler

MeTeamPlayGoRightBall

I do remember vividly sometime after puberty when I'd answer the phone at home and the callers began to say, 'Hi, Bill!' That's when I knew Dad and I had the same voice.

Willie Geist

HomeVoiceRememberPhoneSaySame

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