You go to a book to have your convictions corroborated.
ALAN BENNETTBecause 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.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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A book, as it were, closes the book.
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Standards are always out of date. That’s what makes them standards.
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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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That’s a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water.
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The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you.
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To begin with, it’s true, she read with trepidation and some unease.
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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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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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Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date?
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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.
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Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
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I’m not “happy” but I’m not unhappy about it.
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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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One reads for pleasure…it is not a public duty.
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