All the effort went into getting there and then I had nothing left. I thought I’d got somewhere, then I found I had to go on.
ALAN BENNETTNor 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.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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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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And one of the historian’s jobs is to anticipate what our perspective of that period will be… even on the Holocaust.
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Some local boys come in and there is a bit of chat between them and the fish-fryer about whether the kestrel under the counter is for sale.
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I’m for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.
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I’m all in favour of free expression provided it’s kept rigidly under control.
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I’m not “happy” but I’m not unhappy about it.
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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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Of course they’re out of date. Standards are always out of date. That is what makes them standards.
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…she felt about reading what some writers felt about writing: that it was impossible not to do it and that at this late stage of her life she had been chosen to read as others were chosen to write.
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One reads for pleasure…it is not a public duty.
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It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.
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An article on playwrights in the Daily Mail , listed according to Hard Left,
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I can walk. It’s just that I’m so rich I don’t need to.
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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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I’ve never forgotten that experience. But I had nobody at school that was either like Hector or Irwin.
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