One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.’ To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: ‘This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.
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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You don’t put your life into your books, you find it there.
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You have the knowledge but that does not entitle you to be superior. Knowledge makes you the servant not the master.
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I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.
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Never read the Bible as if it means something. Or at any rate don’t try and mean it. Nor prayers.
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One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.
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My films are about embarrassment.
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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 don’t talk very well. With writing, you’ve time to get it right. Also I’ve found the more I talk the less I write, and if I didn’t write no one would want me to talk anyway.
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Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.
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Memories are not shackles, Franklin, they are garlands.
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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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That’s a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water.
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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 write plays about things that I can’t resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.
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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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