Paul Murray Quote

A dainty man of a nervous disposition, Father Laughton detests discord above all things. He always climbs down before seriously disagreeing with anyone; he can’t dismiss the most disruptive student from his class without feeling sorry twenty seconds later and racing down the corridor to summon him back. As a result, his music appreciation courses are notoriously anarchic – in fact they make anarchy look like a slow day at the library – and yet, at the same time, they are marked by a kind of goodwill, and the priest always seems happy there, in the midst of the melee, humming along to a Field larghetto or a Chopin mazurka while paper planes, pencil cases, books and larger objects fly through the air around him.

Paul Murray

A dainty man of a nervous disposition, Father Laughton detests discord above all things. He always climbs down before seriously disagreeing with anyone; he can’t dismiss the most disruptive student from his class without feeling sorry twenty seconds later and racing down the corridor to summon him back. As a result, his music appreciation courses are notoriously anarchic – in fact they make anarchy look like a slow day at the library – and yet, at the same time, they are marked by a kind of goodwill, and the priest always seems happy there, in the midst of the melee, humming along to a Field larghetto or a Chopin mazurka while paper planes, pencil cases, books and larger objects fly through the air around him.

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Paul Murray (admiral), South African Vice Admiral
Paul Murray (author) (born 1975), Irish author of the book An Evening of Long Goodbyes
Paul Murray (businessman) (born 1964), current director and former interim chairman of Rangers F.C.
Paul Murray (footballer) (born 1976), English football player
Paul Murray (journalist) (born 1950), journalist and former editor of The West Australian
Paul Murray (musician), Canadian musician, member of the band Sandbox
Paul Murray (poet) (born 1947), Irish poet, Catholic priest and spiritual writer; author of Aquinas at Prayer
Paul Murray (presenter) (born 1978), Australian radio and television presenter currently at Sky News Australia
Paul Murray (rugby union) (1905–1981), Irish rugby union international
Paul Murray (skier) (born 1977), cross-country skier representing Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Paul D. Murray, British theologian