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Identity, Reflection, Turning Points

One speaker calls themselves a Classic example of alienation, describing a middle-class upbringing without art or books before discovering theatre.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

People
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't hero worship for the sake of hero worship. When I find people who are truly remarkable - and I think Joseph Needham is a classic example - I do value their counsel.

Quotes by Simon Winchester

Blown Away
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm the classic example of alienation: I grew up in a middle-class household without art or books. I was going to be a chemical engineer until I went to the theatre for the first time at 16 and was blown away by it.

Quotes by Richard Eyre

Example
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.

Quotes by Peter Sellers

Classic
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Nov 07, 2020

This I regard as a classic example of my not being properly prepared for a part I very much wanted.

Quotes by Marie Windsor

Drive
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Nov 07, 2020

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent.

Quotes by Gloria Swanson

Comfort
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Nov 07, 2020

The knish is a classic example of peasant food evolving into comfort food and even sophisticated fare.

Quotes by Gil Marks

That same discovery left them Blown Away at sixteen, a turning point that redirected their planned path away from chemical engineering entirely.

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