Deluded liberal that I am, I persist in thinking that those with a streak of sexual unorthodoxy ought to be more tolerant of their fellows than those who lead an entirely godly, righteous and sober life.
ALAN BENNETTOf course they’re out of date. Standards are always out of date. That is what makes them standards.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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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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We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn’t obey the rules.
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Why is it always the “intelligent” people who are socialists?
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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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There’s very little in the substance of [THE LADY IN THE VAN] which is not fact though some adjustments have had to be made.
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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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Remember. You are a physician. You are not a policeman nor are you a minister of religion.
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Soft Left, Hard Right, Soft Right and Centre. I am not listed. I should probably come under Soft Centre.
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But then, when I did go, the contrast between Leeds, which was very black and sooty in those days, and Cambridge, which seemed like something out of a fairystory, in the grip of a hard frost, was just wonderful.
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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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Artists, celebrated for their humanity, they turn out to be scarcely human at all.
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If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
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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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Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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Books generally just confirm you in what you have, perhaps unwittingly, decided to do already.
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