Because you should realise the Cenotaph and the Last Post and all that stuff is concerned, there’s no better way of forgetting something than by commemorating it.
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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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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The days weren’t long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
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Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.
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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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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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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 not “happy” but I’m not unhappy about it.
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The longer I practise medicine, the more convinced I am there are only two types of cases: those that involve taking the trousers off and those that don’t.
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I’m for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.
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Our father the novelist; my husband the poet. He belongs to the ages – just don’t catch him at breakfast.
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Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date?
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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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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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What I’m above all primarily concerned with is the substance of life, the pith of reality.
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One of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human.
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