The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had no idea how to go on; there was no system to her reading, with one book leading to another, and often she had two or three on the go at the same time.
ALAN BENNETTIf I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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If I had to sum up my work, I suppose that’s it really: I’m taking the pith out of reality.
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Here I sit, alone at 60, Bald and fat and full of sin Cold the seat, and loud the cistern As I read the (Harpic) (Lysol) tin
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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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There is no such thing as a good script, onlya good film, and I’m conscious that my scripts often read better than they play.
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That’s a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water.
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In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint.
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A photograph on every mantlepiece. And all this mourning has veiled the truth. It’s not so much lest we forget, as lest we remember.
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To begin with, it’s true, she read with trepidation and some unease.
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Over the years Miss Shepherd was visited by a succession of social workers so the character in the play is a composite figure.
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Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.
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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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I can walk. It’s just that I’m so rich I don’t need to.
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I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street?
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I think perhaps that’s why I live in Ibiza, because the blue of the Mediterranean, you see, reminds me of the blue of the eyes of those Doncaster miners.
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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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