#ay

The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero. ↗

— Maxwell Anderson

#essence #even #hero #play #regeneration

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#another #bloom #former #fun #harold

As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend. ↗

— Jack Abramoff

#been #charged #clients #cynical #defend

If prayer fails I am in a greater darkness yet, not knowing whether I have presumed too much or believed too little. ↗

— Morris L. West

#faith #prayer #faith

When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#comes #complain #continue #effect #especially

The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; it is this. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#going #great #idea #instead #just

Being from Texas, I would say I favor a pair of jeans you can wear some boots with. ↗

— Jensen Ackles

#boots #favor #i #jeans #pair

I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards. ↗

— Amy Adams

#awards #beyond #define #family #friends

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#composer #differs #each #negative #performance

John Jones may be described as 'one of the has beens'. ↗

— William Hone

#john #jones #may