It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.
ALAN BENNETTWe were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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You have the knowledge but that does not entitle you to be superior. Knowledge makes you the servant not the master.
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What I’m above all primarily concerned with is the substance of life, the pith of reality.
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Imagine that. Per person. This means that if the time scale is diminished in proportion to that of space it would be quite possible for the whole story of Greece and Rome to be played out between farts.
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God doesn’t do notes, either. Did Jesus Christ say, “Can I be excused the Crucifixion?” No!
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A book, as it were, closes the book.
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I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.
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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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History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.
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An article on playwrights in the Daily Mail , listed according to Hard Left,
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You go to a book to have your convictions corroborated.
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It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets.
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But then books, as I’m sure you know, seldom prompt a course of action.
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There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world.
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Only when I mention it to W. does he explain Kestrel is now a lager. I imagine the future is going to contain an increasing number of incidents like this.
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Of course my standards are out of date! That’s why they’re called standards.
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