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English Quotes

I feel a bit of an imposter talking about the science. I’m not a scientist, you may be aware. I read English Literature Picture Quote #1

My brother and I were both good at science, and we were both good at English literature. Either one of us could have gone either way Picture Quote #1

I never intended to be a historian of religion. My aim was to become a professor of English Literature in a university, but I had a series of absolute career disasters and found myself making television programs about the nature of religion and about Christian history and started to discover about other religious traditions, and that was an absolute eye-opener for me Picture Quote #1

I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably for 400 or 500 years, well predating modern science Picture Quote #1

I study English literature but my friends are doing psychology and things like that. No one cares about acting there. It’s not competitive and it’s a nice environment for me Picture Quote #1

I soon realized that a student of English literature who does not know the Bible does not understand a good deal of what is going on in what he reads: The most conscientous student will be continually misconstruing the implications, even the meaning Picture Quote #1

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I wanted to write plays. I was at Yale graduate school at the time for English literature, not for acting... I liked the idea of collaboration, and I thought if I’m gonna write plays, I should learn something about speaking the lines that I might try to write Picture Quote #1

I loved reading when I was young. I was just completely taken by stories. And I remember taking that into English literature at school and taking that into Shakespeare and finding that opened up a whole world of self-expression to me that I didn’t have access to previously Picture Quote #1

Nineteenth-century English literature I know; 19th-century sewage systems, not so much Picture Quote #1

I am especially indebted to a 10th grade English teacher who encouraged me to read great works of literature Picture Quote #1

I think in general there’s no point in going into a field like English literature if you’re not going to have fun with it Picture Quote #1

I went to University College London and read English literature, then realised if you were interested in story and narrative, film was the way to go Picture Quote #1

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As a student in England, I studied French and English literature. I read L’Etranger and the rhythm of the novel felt familiar to me - very African Picture Quote #1

I loved English literature - if didn’t it would have been hard - but I had to learn it myself. I remembered ways to repeat words, to put more emphasis on certain lines Picture Quote #1

I often think that eventually I’d love to do some papers... my correspondence if life calms down a bit, but I think I’d do history or English literature... I’ve had enough of journos Picture Quote #1

The clichÃƒÂ© is dead poetry. English, being the language of an imaginative race, abounds in clichÃƒÂ©s, so that English literature is always in danger of being poisoned by its own secretions Picture Quote #1

I love England and I love English culture, particularly English pop culture Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare I love, but for an English graduate, I’m incredibly badly read Picture Quote #1

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When I’m studying English I love to watch ‘Friends’ or ‘Nikita.’ Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors Picture Quote #1

I love the musicality of English. French sounds flat. In English, you can play with pitch Picture Quote #1

I never learned the secret handshake. That may be one of the reasons I’ve grown to love English soccer Picture Quote #1

I love the English people - if you don’t want to speak, you don’t speak. And I’m quite like that sometimes Picture Quote #1

I love John Ashbery. He’s the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he’s given that or not, he is to me Picture Quote #1

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I love Jet Li, but he looks very Chinese, and his English is Chinese-accented. He wouldn’t have been the right guy to play a Japanese-American Picture Quote #1

I do tend to be an analyzer. I’m an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden secrets and the subtexts in there Picture Quote #1

I’m an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden secrets and the subtexts in there Picture Quote #1

I ended up doing four or five plays in college and being an English major with my thesis in language acquisition, which I was planning to study in graduate school Picture Quote #1

I never got any training in how to write novels as an English major at Oberlin, but I got some great training for writing novels from anthropology and from Margaret Mead Picture Quote #1

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I feel a bit of an imposter talking about the science. I’m not a scientist, you may be aware. I read English Literature. (English Quotes) My brother and I were both good at science, and we were both good at English literature. Either one of us could have gone either way. (English Quotes) I never intended to be a historian of religion. My aim was to become a professor of English Literature in a university, but I had a series of absolute career disasters and found myself making television programs about the nature of religion and about Christian history and started to discover about other religious traditions, and that was an absolute eye-opener for me. (English Quotes) I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably for 400 or 500 years, well predating modern science. (English Quotes) I study English literature but my friends are doing psychology and things like that. No one cares about acting there. It’s not competitive and it’s a nice environment for me. (English Quotes) I soon realized that a student of English literature who does not know the Bible does not understand a good deal of what is going on in what he reads: The most conscientous student will be continually misconstruing the implications, even the meaning. (English Quotes) I wanted to write plays. I was at Yale graduate school at the time for English literature, not for acting... I liked the idea of collaboration, and I thought if I’m gonna write plays, I should learn something about speaking the lines that I might try to write. (English Quotes) I loved reading when I was young. I was just completely taken by stories. And I remember taking that into English literature at school and taking that into Shakespeare and finding that opened up a whole world of self-expression to me that I didn’t have access to previously. (English Quotes) Nineteenth-century English literature I know; 19th-century sewage systems, not so much (English Quotes) I am especially indebted to a 10th grade English teacher who encouraged me to read great works of literature. (English Quotes) I think in general there’s no point in going into a field like English literature if you’re not going to have fun with it. (English Quotes) I went to University College London and read English literature, then realised if you were interested in story and narrative, film was the way to go. (English Quotes) As a student in England, I studied French and English literature. I read L’Etranger and the rhythm of the novel felt familiar to me - very African. (English Quotes) I loved English literature - if didn’t it would have been hard - but I had to learn it myself. I remembered ways to repeat words, to put more emphasis on certain lines. (English Quotes) I often think that eventually I’d love to do some papers... my correspondence if life calms down a bit, but I think I’d do history or English literature... I’ve had enough of journos. (English Quotes) The clichÃƒÂ© is dead poetry. English, being the language of an imaginative race, abounds in clichÃƒÂ©s, so that English literature is always in danger of being poisoned by its own secretions. (English Quotes) I love England and I love English culture, particularly English pop culture (English Quotes) Shakespeare I love, but for an English graduate, I’m incredibly badly read (English Quotes) When I’m studying English I love to watch ‘Friends’ or ‘Nikita.’ (English Quotes) I wouldn’t say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors. (English Quotes) I love the musicality of English. French sounds flat. In English, you can play with pitch. (English Quotes) I never learned the secret handshake. That may be one of the reasons I’ve grown to love English soccer. (English Quotes) I love the English people - if you don’t want to speak, you don’t speak. And I’m quite like that sometimes. (English Quotes) I love John Ashbery. He’s the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he’s given that or not, he is to me. (English Quotes) I love Jet Li, but he looks very Chinese, and his English is Chinese-accented. He wouldn’t have been the right guy to play a Japanese-American. (English Quotes) I do tend to be an analyzer. I’m an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden secrets and the subtexts in there. (English Quotes) I’m an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden secrets and the subtexts in there. (English Quotes) I ended up doing four or five plays in college and being an English major with my thesis in language acquisition, which I was planning to study in graduate school. (English Quotes) I never got any training in how to write novels as an English major at Oberlin, but I got some great training for writing novels from anthropology and from Margaret Mead. (English Quotes) I didn’t fit the typical profile of a trader. I was an English major working on a novel at night. Most everyone else was a maths or economics major; most everyone else had relatives or family in banking. (English Quotes)

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