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“But at the time when he wrote, Englishmen, with the rarest exceptions, wrote only in French or Latin; and when they began to write in English, a man of genius, to interpret and improve on him, was not found for a long time.”
Source : George Saintsbury (2012). “The English Novel”, p.27, tredition
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“Marketing executives like big budgets, as big budgets make it easier to grow the top line.”
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“What I have always found most beautiful in the theatre, in my childhood, and still today, is lustre--a beautiful object, luminous, crystalline, complex, circular, symmetrical. However, I do not absolutely deny the value of dramatic literature. Only, I should like the actors to be mounted on high pattens, to wear masks more expressive than the human face, and to speak through megaphones.”
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“It's the person who has done nothing who is sure nothing can be done.”
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“We are all born creative. We just got it educated out of us.”
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“My life is a story about who God is and what He does in a human heart.”
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“Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever.”
Source : Kevin Smith (2012). “Tough Sh*t Deluxe: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good”, p.152, Penguin
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“Learning is the measurement of knowledge before and after.”
