Quote by Trevor Nunn
In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of En

In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar. – Trevor Nunn

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I always believe its better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do. – Trevor Nunn

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Imagination
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The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldnt have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldnt possibly have gone. – Trevor Nunn

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Education
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Well, the teacher I studied with for nineteen and a half years was a man named Paul Gavert. He was a great lieder singer, so basically Im a trained lieder singer because of that teacher. The teacher I currently study with – since 1995 – is Joan Lader, who also studied with Gavert. – Betty Buckley

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When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to write, I would put music on and wonder to myself – am I allowed to do this? Then I thought: I am control of this and no one is telling me what I can do. – Roddy Doyle

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My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. – Gus Van Sant

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I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me. – Sanford I. Weill

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What is poetry which does not save nations or people? – Czeslaw Milosz

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