Aldous Huxley — "I was a modest, good-humored boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable."
I was a modest, good-humored boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
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Quoted in 'The Genius of the System' by Thomas Schatz (about Hollywood but quotes Huxley)
Date: 1920s (referring to his youth)
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