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“I found at this point that effective acting wasn't what I wanted to do, that I didn't want to make effects, that I wanted, as it were, to leave an impression of a particular kind of human being.”

Quote by Paul Scofield

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Paul Scofield was a renowned British actor known for his exceptional performances in theater, film, and television. He played a significant role in the British theater scene in the mid-20th century and left a lasting impression in several classic works. more

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“It isn't difficult to leave King Lear or Macbeth, but once you have gone back to yourself, you want it to be the same self you have always been.”

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“Research, as the college student will come to know it, is relatively thorough investigation, primarily in libraries, of a properly limited topic, and presentation of the results of this investigation in a carefully organized and documented paper of some length.”

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“The haggardness of poverty is everywhere seen contrasted with the sleekness of wealth, the exhorted labour of some compensating for the idleness of others, wretched hovels by the side of stately colonnades, the rags of indigence blended with the ensigns of opulence; in a word, the most useless profusion in the midst of the most urgent wants.”

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Book:A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth

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Book:A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth

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Source: A treatise on political economy