Nor did they seem to think one had done them a kindness by reading their writings. Rather they had done one the kindness by writing them.
ALAN BENNETTHowever bad the weather, Dad never drove to church because Mam thought the sacrament might make him incapable on the return journey.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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Philip Larkin used to cheer himself up by looking in the mirror and saying the line from Rebecca, ‘I am Mrs de Winter now!
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However bad the weather, Dad never drove to church because Mam thought the sacrament might make him incapable on the return journey.
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Had your forefathers, Wigglesworth, been as stupid as you are, the human race would never have succeeded in procreating itself.
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At eighty things do not occur; they recur.
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To begin with, it’s true, she read with trepidation and some unease.
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The liturgy is best treated and read as if it’s someone announcing the departure of trains.
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I’m all in favour of free expression provided it’s kept rigidly under control.
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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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I have never understood disliking for war. It panders to instincts already catered for within the scope of any respectable domestic establishment.
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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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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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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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Our perspective on the past alters. Looking back, immediately in front of us is dead ground.
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Standards are always out of date. That’s what makes them standards.
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Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date?
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