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> [ “In 1786, Jefferson pitched a secular and public system of education for Virginia. He reasoned that “the tax which will be paid for this purpose is not more that the thousandth part of what will be paid to \[the\] kings,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/in-1786-jefferson-pitched-a-secular-and-public-system-of-education/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

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> [“Writing to his son in 1799, John Adams blamed America’s political turmoil on “a systematical dissolution of the true Family Authority. There can never be any regular Government of a Nation without a marked Subordination of Mothers and Children to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/writing-to-his-son-in-1799-john-adams-blamed-america-s-political/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

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## Other authors on Jefferson

## More by Alan Taylor

> [The Marvel experience was particularly wrenching because I was sort of given absolute freedom while we were shooting, and then in post, it turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/the-marvel-experience-was-particularly-wrenching-because-i-was-sort/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [When I was going to film school, before film school, my hero was David Lynch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/when-i-was-going-to-film-school-before-film-school-my-hero-was-david/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [I love things that have one foot in history - I was going to be a history professor before I sold out and went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/i-love-things-that-have-one-foot-in-history-i-was-going-to-be-a/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [There are all kinds of things evolving in filmmaking I'm not sure I'm comfortable with. A friend of mine just showed me an immersive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/there-are-all-kinds-of-things-evolving-in-filmmaking-i-m-not-sure-i-m/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [“They were giving their childhood to this woman! They were starting at seven, and by the time they were sixteen they were still reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/they-were-giving-their-childhood-to-this-woman-they-were-starting-at/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [I used to play with model trains when I was a kid, and then I used to study history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/i-used-to-play-with-model-trains-when-i-was-a-kid-and-then-i-used-to/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [My heroes were people like Jim Jarmusch. Scorsese was my god. Spike Lee was exciting, doing exactly what we thought we were going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/my-heroes-were-people-like-jim-jarmusch-scorsese-was-my-god-spike-lee/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> ['Game of Thrones' was the first fantasy thing I've done, and like a lot of people who enjoy the show watching it, I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/game-of-thrones-was-the-first-fantasy-thing-i-ve-done-and-like-a-lot/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [I come out of TV, where you never reshoot, because you don't have time. If you do reshoot, it's because someone really screwed up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/i-come-out-of-tv-where-you-never-reshoot-because-you-don-t-have-time/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [There's a natural human compulsion to chase after freedom and then to actually hand it over as fast as possible and get away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/there-s-a-natural-human-compulsion-to-chase-after-freedom-and-then-to/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [Compared to TV, 'Palookaville' was restriction-free, except we had no money and no time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/compared-to-tv-palookaville-was-restriction-free-except-we-had-no/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [I've been sort of spoiled on the TV end because HBO feels like a small institution making independent movies. There's respect for the director's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/i-ve-been-sort-of-spoiled-on-the-tv-end-because-hbo-feels-like-a/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [“In 1786, Jefferson pitched a secular and public system of education for Virginia. He reasoned that “the tax which will be paid for this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/in-1786-jefferson-pitched-a-secular-and-public-system-of-education/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [I had been trying to make movies, but they were really hard to get made. TV wound up, by surprise, a much more fulfilling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/i-had-been-trying-to-make-movies-but-they-were-really-hard-to-get/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

> [On 'Game of Thrones,' I remember shooting in Croatia, and by lunchtime we'd see photos of what we'd shot online and think, 'My God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/on-game-of-thrones-i-remember-shooting-in-croatia-and-by-lunchtime-we/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

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