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I owe everything to a system that made me learn by heart till I wept. As a result I have thousands of lines of poetry by heart. I owe everything to this.
Source: Guardian (London, 26 March 1992).
-- George Steiner, (Apr 23 1929-2020), French-born US literary critic, educator, scholar; His works include Language and Silence, 1963 and Fields of Force, 1974.