Susanne Langer Quotes

It is significant that people who refuse to tell their children fairytales do not fear that the children will believe in princes and princesses, but that they will believe in witches and bogeys.

Susanne Langer

• People
• Believe
• Children
• Princess
• Witch
• Fairytale

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• I like to know that when I'm 90 years old, I'm going to be able to look at a song or poem I wrote and say, 'Wow! I remember I was so crazy about this person,' or 'I remember what that day felt like.'

  

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• I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.

  

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• When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think about being a voter, now the choice reflects on my character. It casts a shadow.

  

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• Sometimes the storyline is as simple as, 'We're just going to be the best, and we're going for the championships.

  

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• You always learn something from mistakes.

  

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• I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt - Gordon Brown's legacy to millions of Britain's families - will hang like a millstone around the neck of the British people for years to come.

  

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• It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.

  

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• I don't like cursing in movies. I feel like cursing has become the new hackiness. You try to find substitutions for cursing.

  

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• If I can teach cricket overseas, why wouldn't I do so in my own country?

  

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• In the little town where I live in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, we now have a 'Public Safety Complex' around the corner from what used to be our hokey Andy Griffith-esque fire station.

  

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• Now it's time to focus on basics for people in our neighborhoods... and real ethics reform at City Hall.

  

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• It is significant that people who refuse to tell their children fairytales do not fear that the children will believe in princes and princesses, but that they will believe in witches and bogeys.

  

  Susanne Langer
  • People
  • Believe
  • Children