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Reflections on what makes literature truly last

These quotes explore classics from a literary actor's appreciation of Shakespeare and Chekhov to a candid observation that bestsellers rarely become classics themselves.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

China
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Nov 07, 2020

In the schools of the Western countries, there is always the subject 'Religion.' The Classics are China's religion.

Quotes by Zhang Zhidong

Nerdy
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm sort of nerdy, I liked Shakespeare and Chekhov and the classics.

Quotes by Martha MacCallum

Negative
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Nov 07, 2020

Negative books can be bestsellers, but seldom classics.

Quotes by Mark Skousen

Penguin
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Nov 07, 2020

When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase.

Quotes by Linda Grant

Hamlet
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Nov 07, 2020

I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics.

Quotes by Harvey Korman

Bus
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Nov 07, 2020

I'd read a classics book on the bus when I was at York.

Quotes by Graham Potter

Nov 07, 2020

I wanted to be a serious actress and do all the classics.

Quotes by Charlotte Rae

Like
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Nov 07, 2020

I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf.

Quotes by Andrea Bocelli

Kid
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Nov 07, 2020

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor in classics like Shaw and Shakespeare and Chekov and Ibsen.

Quotes by Alice Ripley

One quote even treats classics as culturally sacred, comparing Western schools' study of religion to how China's classics function within its own tradition.

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