"We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity."

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Source : "Honored literary scholar M.H. Abrams continues his labors (of love)". Interview with Linda Grace-Kobas, news.cornell.edu. June 11, 1999.

M. H. Abrams

#Interesting Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Humans Quotes

“The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.”

Source : Interview with Adrian Wootton at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2000.
“I always looked really young for my age. And once I hit 23, 24 and 25, I was then allowed to play the cool 18-year-olds and stuff.”
“A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go.”
“Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies.”
“Where do you go when you're the best in the world? What's next?”
“Although computer-generated artificial intelligence eludes us, artificial stupidity has been perfected.”
“I'm conscious of competitive issues, but at the same time the recommendation they make is that we protect citizens by not adding to the overall tax burden of the province.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I try to remember that the job - as well as the plight, and the unexpected joy - of the artist is to embrace uncertainty, to be sharpened and honed by it.”

Source : Dani Shapiro (2013). “Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life”, p.183, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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