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

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M. H. Abrams

#Fun Quotes #Students Quotes #Former Quotes

“I wanted to be an artist, because it's a much better scam than being an architect.”
“The story of the cursing of the fig tree is important for us today, for as the Jews of Jesus' time were accountable for failing to bring forth fruit, so too are we accountable for the fruits we bring forth.”
“The military code of justice sets out exactly what type of charges are available for specific acts.”
“Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.”
“Pulp Fiction is my favorite movie of all time.”
“Mirrors have come to mean much more than the original 'looking glass.' They are now a part of the decorative scheme of a modern home. By using them, there are no dark, gloomy corners, no drab caverns for halls. There can be a feeling of freedom, light, air, space.”
“Chips of plutonium are twinkling in every lung,”
“Who you are is not defined by what you do, but it is defined according to who Jesus is to you”

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