Itself Quotes

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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life. — Lascelles Abercrombie
That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar,… — Lascelles Abercrombie
I couldn't believe it! I mean, I'd always dreamed of acting on the screen - my previous background was all theater - but I wasn't… — Jacqueline Emerson
I'm really an inner spirit that only makes itself known through the music. A lot of people think I'm an introvert, or quiet and moody.… — Faith Evans
The bigger confrontation is the one an individual has with itself. — Asghar Farhadi
The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot. — Werner Herzog
Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an… — David Crystal
What we define as a bubble is any kind of debt-fueled asset inflation where the cash flow generated by the asset itself - a rental… — James Chanos
Deficit reduction is not an end in itself. It is the means to an end. Canadians must now decide what kind of country they want… — Jean Chretien
I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture… — Michael Cunningham
There's so much going on in the world. There's so much information being thrown at us - so many things are being sold to us,… — Michael Fassbender
The original 'Scream' is one of those classic things, but it totally pokes fun at itself too. It's never taking itself too seriously, which is… — Shenae Grimes
A gun can be dangerous. But a gun can protect you, you can hunt for food with it - you know, the tool itself is… — Peter Guber
So American culture is itself a hybrid and lends itself to use in other people's hybrids. — Todd Gitlin
I wrote Murder at the Windmill. And it was accepted and we made it and it was the first film I made with Danny Angel,… — Val Guest
I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea how to write… — Amy Hempel
There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique… — Doris Humphrey
It just is nothing foreign to consciousness at all that could present itself to consciousness through the mediation of phenomena different from the liking itself;… — Edmund Husserl
I don't know whether a poem has be there to help to develop something. I think it's there for itself, for what the reader finds… — Marilyn Hacker
The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself. — Taylor Hackford

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