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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
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"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" Quotes

An intimate portrayal of three poor white tenant families in the Southern United States during the Great Depression.

Quotes

A man is a whole thing, a whole thing that puts out and has to take in and is everything in the taking in and is everything in the putting out.

James Agee

philosophyhuman nature

The world is a great thing, something about which there are plenty of things can be said.

James Agee

philosophylife

You have to be careful to make people feel more than they are, not less.

James Agee

empathycompassion

I think the world is a great thing, and I think it has to be put down and puzzled out.

James Agee

philosophylife

Every spirit and body is different and each has his own way of understanding.

James Agee

individuality

It is a thing that is a great thing, and I think it has to be put down and puzzled out.

James Agee

philosophylife

It is the world as it is that makes me feel and think and makes me what I am.

James Agee

philosophylife

If I am going to write anything of my own life, I have to be careful to make people feel more than they are, not less.

James Agee

empathycompassion

There are plenty of things about it that can be said, and I think there should be plenty said.

James Agee

philosophylife

There are plenty of things can be said, and I think there should be plenty said.

James Agee

philosophylife