"By the time I came of age and, indeed, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister, I had seen the entire William Shakespeare canon, which, in those days, you were quite able to do. Now, it's a much harder thing. Mrs. Thatcher was really axing public subsidy for the arts."

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Gregory Doran

#Art Quotes #Age Quotes

“If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we had never met in this room.”
“Giving English to an American is like giving sex to a child. He knows it's important but he doesn't know what to do with it.”
“It's no use trying to talk philosophy to our politicians. And I'm not a moral or political philosopher. I'm not interested in that.”
“There always exists an absolute norm to be preserved”
“I believe everybody is spiritual and no one is any more spiritual than anyone else.”
“Where youthful beauty is unconscious, mature beauty is knowing and sophisticated.”
“Learning how to be kind to ourselves, learning how to respect ourselves, is important. The reason it's important is that, fundamentally, when we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn't just ourselves that we're discovering. We're discovering the universe.”
“You cannot build Godâ€™s reputation if you arenâ€™t willing to risk yours.”

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