"English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action."

-- Marilyn Butler

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“The word arse is as much god as the word face. It must be so, otherwise you cut off your god at the waist.”
“I can cite a few cases of where people have tampered around with magic and witchcraft that they've been very severely frightened and traumatised by some of the outcomes. I mean we are playing with fire, and I had to say that.”

Source : "Witches in Queensland?". "The Religion Report" with John Cleary, www.abc.net.au. December 13, 2000.
“Every political sect has its esoteric and its exoteric school--its abstract doctrines for the initiated; its visible symbols, its imposing forms, its mythological fables, for the vulgar.”
“I am not too technical in my acting, and I feel when I get too technical it becomes unbelievable.”

Source : Source: michaelfairmansoaps.com
“a small spark can start a great fire”
“Your work speaks for you. Your art defines you.”
“It's fun to sit down and do a few drawings, but when you have to sit down and do hundreds of drawings whose value only depends on getting to the end of the chain, then you've created a different kind of monster.”

Source : Interview with David Jacob Kramer, believermag.com. June 1, 2009.
“The day I think about throwing the ball away at the beginning of a play, I should stop playing.”

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