Quote by Philip Pullman
I had passed through the entire British education system studying

I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and theyd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction! – Philip Pullman

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What I couldnt help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than Id learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism. – Philip Pullman

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We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair. – Philip Pullman

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No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education. – Bobby Scott

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What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better. – Wendell Phillips

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