Harold Bloom Quotes

Criticism starts - it has to start - with a real passion for reading. It can come in adolescence, even in your twenties, but you must fall in love with poems.

Harold Bloom

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 11, 1930

Topics

LovePassionStartReadingCriticism

Everybody knows who Gandhi is. Who knows Jesse Stone?

Jesse Stone

StoneWhoKnowsEverybodyGandhi

Being president looks like the worst job in the world.

John Mulaney

JobWorldLooksWorstPresident

If your goal is to look different, you'll see results faster with strength training than with cardio alone.

Anna Kaiser

StrengthAloneTrainingLookGoal

I think the more we see more officers holding each other accountable, the more we will see people trust cops in this country.

Angie Thomas

TrustPeopleThinkCountryWillSee

I don't know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?

Michael Douglas

BeautifulWomanBeautiful WomanLong

I don't like teaching, because it's so repetitive - especially the beginning of class, which is always more or less the same and has to be carefully done. It's tedious. But I know it's necessary for dancers to keep working on technique.

Merce Cunningham

BeginningKnowDoneClassMoreSame

For me, inspiration isn't a sort of spark which lights the fire of the story. It's more like a thread, one of many, which you can tease out of a story once it's written, if you feel so inclined.

Michelle Paver

FireMeStorySparkFeelYou

We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development assistance separate from the budget. So all the economic aid we receive is for development assistance.

Jose Ramos-Horta

SupportBudgetNowIndependentNeed

The administration's reckless plan doesn't do one thing to ensure the long term security of social security, rather it undermines our economy. We need a budget and a fiscal policy that reflects the values and interests of America and restores fiscal discipline.

Debbie Stabenow

DisciplineAmericaPlanSecurity

Alexander Graham Bell brought us the telephone. He owns the telephones in the buildings. Thomas Edison owns the lightbulb. Whether they took it and did things to improve it, he's the guy. Now on the dance floor, that belongs to Chubby Checker.

Chubby Checker

DanceBuildingsNowBellImprove

What is a lie? It is to say what is real is not real. It is to deny the existence of what exists.

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

LieSayRealExistenceDenyExists

Part of me wants to stay hidden; it's no coincidence that I write movie music. It lets me stay in the shadows, in a way, but still lets me be expressive.

Thomas Newman

MusicMeShadowsWayHiddenWrite

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