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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 Bennett

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.
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Another Book Endlessness Idea Lead Outface Raed Same Sheer System Time
[B]riefing is not reading. In fact it is the antithesis of reading. Briefing is terse, factual and to the point.
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Antithesis Brief Fact Factual Point Raed Terse
We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.
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Children Dicken Look never Put Quite
The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it’s on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.
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Crise Majority People Perform Spotlight Them
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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Happen History Mood Something Subjunctive Use
One of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human.
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Hardest Human One Learn Teacher Thing
The liturgy is best treated and read as if it’s someone announcing the departure of trains.
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Announce Best Departure Liturgy Rad Someone Train Treat
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.
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Done Kindness Nor Read Seem Think Write
It’s much easier to follow something that’s not been as successful as this.
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Been Easie Follow Much Something Successful
My school was a state school in Leeds and the headmaster usually sent students to Leeds University but he didn’t normally send them to Oxford or Cambridge.
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Cambridge Headmaster Leed Oxford School State Student University Usually
Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date?
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Add Ever Headmaster Little might Out Perhaps Standard Thought
There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world.
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Entire Microbe More Person Population World
Of course my standards are out of date! That’s why they’re called standards.
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Call Course Date Out Standard
Why is it always the “intelligent” people who are socialists?
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Always Intelligent People Socialist
If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
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Activity Arrange Competitive Flower Squash Think
It’s like going to a place that you’ve never been to before – you’ve got a picture of it and then you go there and that picture is totally wiped out by the reality.
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Go Like Out Pace Picture Reality Total Wipe

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.

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