Andrew Cecil Bradley Quotes
Macbeth's deed is done in horror, and without the faintest desire or sense of glory- done, one may almost say, as if it were an appalling duty; the instant it is finished, its futility is revealed to Macbeth as clearly as its vileness had been revealed beforehand
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.
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Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.
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To be the outsider is actually a great thing in England.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Scales are not allowed in my house.
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I am, as I have always been, of the opinion that while the niceties of normal moral constraints should be our guides, they must not be our masters.
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My salvation has very little to do with anything that I have done... Jesus will go to any lengths to draw us to himself.
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Macbeth's deed is done in horror, and without the faintest desire or sense of glory- done, one may almost say, as if it were an appalling duty; the instant it is finished, its futility is revealed to Macbeth as clearly as its vileness had been revealed beforehand
