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M H Abrams Quotes

I think most of the things I published have been published out of desperation, not because they were perfected Picture Quote #1

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas Picture Quote #1

He always violated your expectations... He was a character Picture Quote #1

It’s amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable Picture Quote #1

At first, students tend to freeze at the first effort. The breakthrough comes when they realize that they can make it better - can identify what their purposes were and realize better ways to achieve those purposes Picture Quote #1

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student Picture Quote #1

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We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background Picture Quote #1

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, tom Pynchon. I like to read Archie Ammons, my great friend. And Harold Bloom, another former student Picture Quote #1

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas Picture Quote #1

It’s amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves Picture Quote #1

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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives Picture Quote #1

If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false Picture Quote #1

Life without literature is a life reduced to penury Picture Quote #1

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity Picture Quote #1

Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading Picture Quote #1

If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem Picture Quote #1

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I think most of the things I published have been published out of desperation, not because they were perfected (M H Abrams Quotes) When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas. (M H Abrams Quotes) He always violated your expectations... He was a character (M H Abrams Quotes) It’s amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable. (M H Abrams Quotes) At first, students tend to freeze at the first effort. The breakthrough comes when they realize that they can make it better - can identify what their purposes were and realize better ways to achieve those purposes (M H Abrams Quotes) John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student (M H Abrams Quotes) We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background (M H Abrams Quotes) John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, tom Pynchon. I like to read Archie Ammons, my great friend. And Harold Bloom, another former student (M H Abrams Quotes) When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas (M H Abrams Quotes) It’s amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable (M H Abrams Quotes) 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 Quotes) The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves (M H Abrams Quotes) The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives (M H Abrams Quotes) If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false (M H Abrams Quotes) Life without literature is a life reduced to penury (M H Abrams Quotes) We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity (M H Abrams Quotes) Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading (M H Abrams Quotes) If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem (M H Abrams Quotes)