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Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think thats because we were trained - until now - in theatre.

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M. H. Abrams

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.

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We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity.

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Life without literature is a life reduced to penury.

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We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly a human thing — by, for and about human beings. If you lose that focus, you obviate the source of the power and permanence of literature.

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Life without literature is a life reduced to penury. It expands you in every way. It illuminates what you’re doing. It shows you possibilities you haven’t thought of. It enables you to live the lives of other people than yourself. It broadens you, it makes you more human. It makes life enjoyable.

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It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable.

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