Word: awed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cause of literature any good, or the intellectual cause in general. If one denies the power of the word to do evil, one denies the power of the word to do good. In effect, one denies the power of the word. I prefer the healthy fear and awe of the written and spoken word, evidenced by censorious zealots, to the wishy-washy neutralism of the liberalist anti-censors...
...Mary Anne, the hub of the hub of the "universe. Culture! The reason you're here is to let some of the culture rub off on you. Culture has to do with responsibility..." Many Anne doesn't reply, but as they wander through the Museum, she keeps repeating in awe to herself, "Dynamite! Dy-na-mite...
Though he is one of the nimblest critics alive, it is the novels that really evoke awe. This British Nabokov, out with his literary butterfly net-is there an idea on the wind that he can't ensnare and turn into a jaunty, funny, shocking piece of fiction? There have already been the international spy thriller (Tremor of Intent), the scatological novel (Enderby), the population-explosion novel (The Wanting Seed), the Third World satire (Devil of a State), the historical novel (Nothing Like the Sun), and the futuristic novel (A Clockwork Orange). Now comes MF, the biggest send...
...knows how to populate a stage singlehanded. At the same time, she releases the audience's imaginative powers. What animates her performance is that she so obviously loves her people deep down in her bones. Delivering a ritual lament in Gaelic, she creates an atmosphere of runic awe; her body becomes a crucible of Irish antiquity and suffering...
...only be apocryphal-but they say that when George Stevens was directing John Wayne as the Roman centurion in King of Kings, Wayne had this line, 'He truly is the Son of God.' After he muffed it a few times, Stevens told him to say it with awe. So, the next take, Wayne says, ' Aw, he truly is the Son of God.'" Sutherland is suddenly off on this wonderful imitation of John Wayne and all at once J you realize how much of himself the man is repressed and set aside to give his political message prominence. For, just...