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Harold Bloom Quotes

All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Encouragement Never Critic Heavy How

You're not lonely when you're teaching, you're not quiet, you're laughing most of the time, you're having a wonderful time interacting with young people. It's the best fun in the world.

Time Best Fun People World Lonely

I am just a thorn in everybody's side.

I Am Side Thorn Just Everybody Am

Technology is neutral, but it all depends on the way we use it.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Technology Way Neutral Use Depends

Whenever I work on a part, I look at the world through the filter of the character and I pick things they might use through my observations of real life.

Life Work Character World Look Real

There's something quite joyful about doing comedy which doesn't really need much analysis. I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.

Smart Comedy Doing Need Analysis

Ultimately, what we do as musicians, I think of us as a type of emotional engineer. We essential take these sound waves, this sound, and we organize it into emotion, and that's how we connect with our audiences.

Waves Think Musicians Sound Emotion

2016 was really challenging for me. I don't know what it was.

Me Know Really Challenging

I've learned that creating a healthy, active environment for kids helps build the foundation for a successful future.

Future Foundation Environment Healthy

Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you're under reproach, your behavior shows it.

Attitude Yourself Blame Behavior You

I'm glad I'm successful at it, because it's allowed me to live very well financially, and give my kids a lot of things. It's enabled me to do stuff that I otherwise wouldn't be able to do. But it's not who I am.

Live I Am Me Things Successful Well

I am living proof - and I know this for a fact - that you can find encouragement and strength through the message that's in Christian music, because I've lived it.

Strength Music I Am Christian You

Macbeth is contending with the realities of this world, Hamlet with those of the next.

World Next Those Macbeth Hamlet

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