"And a human being whose life is nurtured……" — James Agee
"And a human being whose life is nurtured in an advantage which has accrued from the disadvantage of other human beings, and who prefers that this should remain as it is, is a human being by definition only, having much more in common with the bedbug, the tapeworm, the cancer, and the scavengers of the deep sea."
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James Agee
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40 Quotes by James Agee
James Agee has 40 quotes on this site.
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The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.
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God doesn't believe in the easy way.
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You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.
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This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky.
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We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised…
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In every child who is born, no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the…
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A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children.
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It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in…
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The goal is the same: life itself; and the price is the same; life itself.
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Understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is one weapon against the world's bombardment, the one medicine,…
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Isn’t every human being both a scientist and an artist; and in writing of human experience, isn’t there a good…
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You've got to bear it in mind that nobody that ever lived is specially privileged; the axe can fall at…
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Scientific research was much like prospecting: you went out and you hunted, armed with your maps and instruments, but in…
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There is a certain responsibility that accrued to me when I got to this unexpected position.
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I've got no problems with my age. I rejoice in the knowledge I have accrued and savor the greatest moments,…
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I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even…
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The beauty of getting older is the surprise of what else you can do to make the world a better…
— Goldie Hawn
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To tell you the truth, the older I get, the less I know. I keep meeting people, both older and…
— Hugh Laurie
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The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I…
— Andrew Tobias
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I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable…
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I've accrued a kind of patience, I believe, loosely like change.
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He had also the reputation of being a bit of a lady killer. But that probably accrued to him from…
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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I couldn't help but think, as I watched him, of the barrels of toxic fluids that had accrued behind Hal's…
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And if I lose, I can never excuse myself til I grow old, sit back and accrued my wealth.
— Lupe Fiasco
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