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George Woodcock Quotes

When I die let the black rag fly raven falling from the sky Picture Quote #1

They decided that unpaid leave could only be granted through the decision of a council that consisted almost entirely of scientists who couldn’t understand my reasons for wanting to go so. They said no, no unpaid. So I immediately resigned Picture Quote #1

My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn’t merely the discipline, it was the ways in which boys got what was called the school spirit Picture Quote #1

I was editing Canadian Literature. I didn’t want to let Canadian Literature go, so they reached a nice compromise by which I received half a professor’s salary Picture Quote #1

I suppose I’m led to do so by the fact of what happened to my contemporaries - people whom I’ve admired, people who I thought were ten times better than me when I was in my twenties and early thirties. I may have been right Picture Quote #1

I believe in that connection between freedom and the city Picture Quote #1

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I like to move among painters, mathematicians, psychologists, people who can tell me something Picture Quote #1

I began even as a boy to realize how wide the world can be for a man of free intelligence Picture Quote #1

I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that Picture Quote #1

I was unpopular at school just because I was an intellectual. I always answered all the questions off the top of my head but they nevertheless resented because of that Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t really mean a great deal of difference to a life. You live as you wish to do and if a job is oppressing, you leave it. I’ve done it on several occasions Picture Quote #1

Now I am a writer who can command fairly good payments from magazines with large circulations, I very often refuse to write for them and still write sometimes for small magazines for nothing Picture Quote #1

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Orwell was the sort of man who was full of grievances. He was very loyal. Once he got to know you, he was extremely loyal. He hated passionately and irrationally Picture Quote #1

What I’m going to be given I gather is not the key to the city, which in many cities is the case. It’s the freedom medal, and for me freedom has always been associated traditionally within the city Picture Quote #1

When you act dramatically in that way it often has a consequence that is very negative Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn’t pay anything, and that sort of thing Picture Quote #1

For out of black soul’s night have stirred dawn’s cold gleam, morning’s singing bird. Let black day die, let black flag fall, let raven call, let new day dawn of black reborn Picture Quote #1

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When I die let the black rag fly raven falling from the sky (George Woodcock Quotes) They decided that unpaid leave could only be granted through the decision of a council that consisted almost entirely of scientists who couldn’t understand my reasons for wanting to go so. They said no, no unpaid. So I immediately resigned (George Woodcock Quotes) My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn’t merely the discipline, it was the ways in which boys got what was called the school spirit (George Woodcock Quotes) I was editing Canadian Literature. I didn’t want to let Canadian Literature go, so they reached a nice compromise by which I received half a professor’s salary (George Woodcock Quotes) I suppose I’m led to do so by the fact of what happened to my contemporaries - people whom I’ve admired, people who I thought were ten times better than me when I was in my twenties and early thirties. I may have been right (George Woodcock Quotes) I believe in that connection between freedom and the city (George Woodcock Quotes) I like to move among painters, mathematicians, psychologists, people who can tell me something (George Woodcock Quotes) I began even as a boy to realize how wide the world can be for a man of free intelligence (George Woodcock Quotes) I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that (George Woodcock Quotes) I was unpopular at school just because I was an intellectual. I always answered all the questions off the top of my head but they nevertheless resented because of that (George Woodcock Quotes) It doesn’t really mean a great deal of difference to a life. You live as you wish to do and if a job is oppressing, you leave it. I’ve done it on several occasions (George Woodcock Quotes) Now I am a writer who can command fairly good payments from magazines with large circulations, I very often refuse to write for them and still write sometimes for small magazines for nothing (George Woodcock Quotes) Orwell was the sort of man who was full of grievances. He was very loyal. Once he got to know you, he was extremely loyal. He hated passionately and irrationally (George Woodcock Quotes) What I’m going to be given I gather is not the key to the city, which in many cities is the case. It’s the freedom medal, and for me freedom has always been associated traditionally within the city (George Woodcock Quotes) When you act dramatically in that way it often has a consequence that is very negative (George Woodcock Quotes) I don’t believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn’t pay anything, and that sort of thing (George Woodcock Quotes) For out of black soul’s night have stirred dawn’s cold gleam, morning’s singing bird. Let black day die, let black flag fall, let raven call, let new day dawn of black reborn (George Woodcock Quotes)