So boring you fall asleep halfway through her name.
ALAN BENNETTIt’s subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined.
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I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success,
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Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.
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Art comes out of art; it begins with imitation, often in the form of parody, and it’s in the process of imitating the voice of others that one comes to learn the sound of one’s own.
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There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world.
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One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.’ To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: ‘This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.
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An article on playwrights in the Daily Mail , listed according to Hard Left,
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The masters had no idea what was expected of you in the scholarship exam, so you just had to busk it really.
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The days weren’t long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
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Life is rather like a tin of sardines – we’re all of us looking for the key.
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Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting.
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But then books, as I’m sure you know, seldom prompt a course of action.
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A book is a device to ignite the imagination.
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I had no idea of who could play it, no notion really. Then Richard came to see us but I don’t think it was decided at that meeting.
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Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date?
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It’s subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined.
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