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I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I have preferred to teach my students not English literature but my love for certain authors, or, even better, certain pages, or… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I've loved 'Vanity Fair' since I was 16 years old. You know, we're all colonial hangovers in India, steeped in English literature.… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
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It's an absurd error to put modern English literature in the curriculum. You should read contemporary literature for pleasure or not at… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
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I studied English Literature. I wasn’t a very good student, but one thing I did get from it, while I was making… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
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We are lucky in the United States to have our liberal arts system. In most countries, if you go to university, you… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
When I was writing stories about Chinese American characters in my fiction classes, I'd get comments like, 'You should consider writing more… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
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There are reviews that are clearly wrong. Dr. Johnson's famous Life of Savage, he's clearly wrong about the value of Savage. But… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
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I didn't study English literature - I studied philosophy at university - so Kierkegaard, Nietzsche - these people are among the most… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
I didn't see many female politicians on TV. I didn't see women in history textbooks, so I did geography, and art and… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
I went to a branch of the City of Westminster College in Maida Vale to do drama, sociology and English literature. I… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
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I was in the final year of my English Literature degree at Hindu College, Delhi University, when I came to Mumbai. I… — Tisca Chopra Copy Share Image
Nothing in this life is certain aside from death, taxes and English literature graduates writing in the Guardian and spoiling your enjoyment… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
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“The obvious cure for the tragic shortcomings of human intuition in a high-tech world is education. And this offers priorities for educational… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
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Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
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