"I never once went to a prostitute, maybe because so many enthusiastic amateurs were around."

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Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1972). “Neill! Neill! Orange peel!: An autobiography”, Hart Associates

Alexander Sutherland Neill

#Enthusiastic Quotes

“Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.”
“I like playing the social convention. If you're in a period drama, there's always something dancing underneath the surface as a human - but then you always have to conform to the social conventions around you, and those two things get to be juxtaposed against each other. You're being human, but you're trapped within the social convention of the time.”

Source : "Doctor Who’s Impossible Girl". Interview with Devon Ivie, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 19, 2014.
“One should not seek those who do not wish to be found.”
“I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I know I can.”

Source : The Little Engine That Could (1930)
“Under our present enormous accumulation of books, I do affirm that a most miserable distraction of choice must be very generally incident to the times; that the symptoms of it are in fact very prevalent, and that one of the chief symptoms is an enormous 'gluttonism' for books.”
“The women ranged in age, but they were all old enough to know that in the currency of friendship, empathy is more valuable than accuracy.”

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2013). “The Lost Art of Mixing”, p.136, Penguin
“Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.”
“The music and everything we're doing on the stage and on television backs itself up. If that's what gets people's curiosity going or brings their attention to us, that's fine.”

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