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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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I’m not good at precise, coherent argument. But plays are suited to incoherent argument, put into the mouths of fallible people.
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Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?
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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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And if it can be explained that it can be explained away.’ ‘But this is History. Distance yourselves.
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History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.
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Schweitzer in the Congo did not derive more moral credit than Larkin did for living in Hull.
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The trouble is, as soon as you’ve chosen somebody it obscures anybody else you might have thought of.
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f they’d been working with Alec Guinness, for instance, they wouldn’t have known they were born if they’d not towed the line!
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I’m for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.
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Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world.
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