George Woodcock Quotes

George Woodcock

Canadian Writer

Born: May 8, 1912

Died: Jan 28, 1995

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You can be bound by physical things, as I am by certain sicknesses, but nevertheless you can still be free to recognize that all initiatives really come from yourself if you don't depend upon structures of government or structures of any kind. George Woodcock

Government You Yourself Free Depend Recognize Kind Physical Structures Bound Nevertheless Come Am Still Any Really Certain Initiatives Things

They decided that unpaid leave could only be granted through the decision of a council that consisted almost entirely of scientists who couldn't understand my reasons for wanting to go so. They said no, no unpaid. So I immediately resigned. George Woodcock

When you act dramatically in that way it often has a consequence that is very negative. George Woodcock

You Negative Dramatically Way Very Often Act Consequence

It even has the same phraseology as the English orders of knighthood, companions and this sort of thing. George Woodcock

Knighthood Sort Same Orders English Companions Even Thing

My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn't merely the discipline, it was the ways in which boys got what was called the school spirit. George Woodcock

School Discipline Other Ways System Wounds Spirit Merely School System Boy Got Were Which English English School Among Things Early

I believe in that connection between freedom and the city. George Woodcock

Freedom Believe City Between Connection

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