Word: kept
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...find these quotes has a distancing quality because it displays only the line of text in which the word you want appears. It's up to you to click on the link to the whole scene and discover or recall the context of the language. Part of what has kept Shakespeare alive in our society for so long is his eminent quotability in small catch-phrases. It is easy for a politician, a screenwriter or a columnist to manipulate the poet's words for her own purposes. But the genius of Shakespeare lies not just in the elegance...
...this boy, my boyfriend, was mad at me and I couldn't do chem and wasn't having fun and couldn't get good grades and couldn't get along with Mom--everything, except how much I wanted him to stay alive. What is wrong with me, I kept thinking, that I can't tell my father how scared I am that he'll disappear? How his strong rower's body will shrivel up and his mind will lose all the things he knows about science and Churchill and art and boats. And how my mother will be alone...
...this boy, my boyfriend, was mad at me and I couldn't do chem and wasn't having fun and couldn't get good grades and couldn't get along with Mom--everything, except how much I wanted him to stay alive. What is wrong with me, I kept thinking, that I can't tell my father how scared I am that he'll disappear? How his strong rower's body will shrivel up and his mind will lose all the things he knows about science and Churchill and art and boats. And how my mother will be alone...
...After my course had started, they kept me telling me about books that were out of print, instead of giving me a chance to rearrange my syllabus," says Professor of Sociology Aage B. Sorenson. "I think this type of arrogance is typical of monopolies...
...After my course had started, they kept me telling me about books that were out of print, instead of giving me a chance to rearrange my syllabus," says Professor of Sociology Aage B. Sorenson. "I think this type of arrogance is typical of monopolies...