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. - SearchQuotes

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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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