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> [Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/shakespeare-will-never-be-made-by-the-study-of-shakespeare/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [You go to school, you get a master's degree, you study Shakespeare and you wind up being famous for plastic glasses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-jessy-raphael/you-go-to-school-you-get-a-master-s-degree-you-study-shakespeare-and/)

[Sally Jessy Raphael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-jessy-raphael/)

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> [My life has included a study of Shakespeare and to me it's very natural, but I know that it's not always accessible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/my-life-has-included-a-study-of-shakespeare-and-to-me-it-s-very/)

[Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/)

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> [All of your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be vain if at the same time you did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/all-of-your-scholarship-all-your-study-of-shakespeare-and-wordsworth/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [Because I was writing verse, my instructor suggested I study Shakespeare. The Shakespeare teacher insisted you couldn't understand the text without seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamey-sheridan/because-i-was-writing-verse-my-instructor-suggested-i-study/)

[Jamey Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamey-sheridan/)

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> [I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/i-did-study-shakespeare-that-was-sort-of-my-thing-i-got-a-literature/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

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> [All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/all-your-scholarship-all-your-study-of-shakespeare-and-wordsworth/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [This is more than just the rebuilding of the Globe, creating some kind of monument to Shakespeare which he doesn't need. His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-wanamaker/this-is-more-than-just-the-rebuilding-of-the-globe-creating-some-kind/)

[Sam Wanamaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-wanamaker/)

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> [Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-barnett/obviously-we-had-to-study-shakespeare-at-school-but-to-be-honest-i/)

[Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-barnett/)

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> [When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-fenton/when-we-study-shakespeare-on-the-page-for-academic-purposes-we-may/)

[James Fenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-fenton/)

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