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Modern Literature Quotes

Well, there’s just some universal truths in a way that I’ve just observed to be true. You read Voltaire. You read modern literature. Anywhere you go, there’s these observations about romantic love and what it does people, and these rotten feelings that rarely are people meaning to do that to each other Picture Quote #1

Greek mathematics is the real thing. The Greeks first spoke a language which modern mathematicians can understand... So Greek mathematics is ‘permanent’, more permanent even than Greek literature Picture Quote #1

Productivity - the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy - is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money. The quest for increased productivity occupies reams of academic literature and haunts the waking hours of C.E.O.s and finance ministers Picture Quote #1

At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham’s ‘Introduction To Modern English And American Literature.’ To this day I keep it on the shelf between my collection of Forester’s works and the little urn that contains my mother’s ashes Picture Quote #1

I love the Russian classics very much, the Russian classical literature. But I also read modern literature. As far as Russian literature is concerned, I am very fond of Tolstoy and Chekhov, and I also enjoy reading Gogol very much Picture Quote #1

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably ‘Doctor Who.’ What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe Picture Quote #1

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This duality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the conscious mind and the unconscious. There are moments in each of our lives when our verbal-intellect suggests one course, and our hearts, or intuition, another Picture Quote #1

Magic Realism is not new. The label’s new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it’s been around as long as literature has been around Picture Quote #1

The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization Picture Quote #1

I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own Picture Quote #1

Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories Picture Quote #1

I hate brandy... it stinks of modern literature Picture Quote #1

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Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients Picture Quote #1

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern Picture Quote #1

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern Picture Quote #1

It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese Picture Quote #1

I read mostly Irish, African, Japanese, South American, and African writers. You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style Picture Quote #1

Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us Picture Quote #1

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Sedgwick has managed to convert pedestrian critical skills and little discernible knowledge in history, philosophy, psychology, art or even pre - modern literature into a lucrative academic career Picture Quote #1

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility! Picture Quote #1

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don’t get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists Picture Quote #1

The message of guidance that neither politics nor philosophy nor religion now seems able to provide, we look for in modern literature Picture Quote #1

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Well, there’s just some universal truths in a way that I’ve just observed to be true. You read Voltaire. You read modern literature. Anywhere you go, there’s these observations about romantic love and what it does people, and these rotten feelings that rarely are people meaning to do that to each other (Modern Literature Quotes) Greek mathematics is the real thing. The Greeks first spoke a language which modern mathematicians can understand... So Greek mathematics is ‘permanent’, more permanent even than Greek literature (Modern Literature Quotes) Productivity - the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy - is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money. The quest for increased productivity occupies reams of academic literature and haunts the waking hours of C.E.O.s and finance ministers (Modern Literature Quotes) At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham’s ‘Introduction To Modern English And American Literature.’ To this day I keep it on the shelf between my collection of Forester’s works and the little urn that contains my mother’s ashes (Modern Literature Quotes) I love the Russian classics very much, the Russian classical literature. But I also read modern literature. As far as Russian literature is concerned, I am very fond of Tolstoy and Chekhov, and I also enjoy reading Gogol very much (Modern Literature Quotes) The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably ‘Doctor Who.’ What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe (Modern Literature Quotes) This duality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the conscious mind and the unconscious. There are moments in each of our lives when our verbal-intellect suggests one course, and our hearts, or intuition, another (Modern Literature Quotes) Magic Realism is not new. The label’s new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it’s been around as long as literature has been around (Modern Literature Quotes) The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization (Modern Literature Quotes) I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own (Modern Literature Quotes) Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories (Modern Literature Quotes) I hate brandy... it stinks of modern literature (Modern Literature Quotes) Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients (Modern Literature Quotes) In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern (Modern Literature Quotes) In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern (Modern Literature Quotes) It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese (Modern Literature Quotes) I read mostly Irish, African, Japanese, South American, and African writers. You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style (Modern Literature Quotes) Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us (Modern Literature Quotes) Sedgwick has managed to convert pedestrian critical skills and little discernible knowledge in history, philosophy, psychology, art or even pre - modern literature into a lucrative academic career (Modern Literature Quotes) The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility! (Modern Literature Quotes) I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don’t get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists (Modern Literature Quotes) The message of guidance that neither politics nor philosophy nor religion now seems able to provide, we look for in modern literature (Modern Literature Quotes)