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Samuel Johnson
“I love Samuel Johnson, and one reason is that he can write a sermon, a legal opinion, an advert—almost anything you want.”
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Henry Oliver
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01 / belief
I don’t think Shakespeare, at this point, is using “prayed” and “kneeled” to mean anything other than what is literally being said. I think she is an image of virtue.
“I don’t think Shakespeare, at this point, is using “prayed” and “kneeled” to mean anything other than what is literally being said. I think she is an image of virtue.”
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02 / belief
Not that I’m aware of, but I haven’t yet seen the BBC version from the ’80s, and they are often quite good. I believe Helen Mirren is in that version of Measure for Measure.
“Not that I’m aware of, but I haven’t yet seen the BBC version from the ’80s, and they are often quite good. I believe Helen Mirren is in that version of Measure for Measure.”
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03 / belief
” I think a lot of people want a real answer to the question, not that kind of thing.
“” I think a lot of people want a real answer to the question, not that kind of thing.”
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04 / belief
I think a lot of people in Washington would find it instructive and amusing to read that novel, and it’s quite short.
“I think a lot of people in Washington would find it instructive and amusing to read that novel, and it’s quite short.”
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05 / belief
I haven’t read enough of her books to make a good judgment, but if we accept that Atlas Shrugged is singular, then yes, she’s a late bloomer. I think that’s an extraordinarily good novel.
“I haven’t read enough of her books to make a good judgment, but if we accept that Atlas Shrugged is singular, then yes, she’s a late bloomer. I think that’s an extraordinarily good novel.”
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06 / belief
I think that’s much to her credit because she is so distinguished as very much her own writer and her own sort of thinker.
“I think that’s much to her credit because she is so distinguished as very much her own writer and her own sort of thinker.”
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07 / belief
I think he can deal with a practical question to do with coinage, to do with government, to do with composition of politics, to do with the conduct of a war or something in both a fictional and a nonfictional manner.
“I think he can deal with a practical question to do with coinage, to do with government, to do with composition of politics, to do with the conduct of a war or something in both a fictional and a nonfictional manner.”
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08 / belief
The third thing, Tyler, is that some readers want to find more controversial readings than others. I suspect you might be like that.
“The third thing, Tyler, is that some readers want to find more controversial readings than others. I suspect you might be like that.”
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09 / belief
You do a little bit of the hard sell, a little bit of the image. I think everyone knows that that’s what works, but they want to be cool.
“You do a little bit of the hard sell, a little bit of the image. I think everyone knows that that’s what works, but they want to be cool.”
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10 / belief
I worked in a school a long time ago, and I think I was told the way to deal with boys is fun, firm, and fair.
“I worked in a school a long time ago, and I think I was told the way to deal with boys is fun, firm, and fair.”
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