Schweitzer in the Congo did not derive more moral credit than Larkin did for living in Hull.
ALAN BENNETTPut him in a nice detached villa and he’d never have written a word.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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Here I sit, alone at 60, Bald and fat and full of sin Cold the seat, and loud the cistern As I read the (Harpic) (Lysol) tin
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Of course my standards are out of date! That’s why they’re called standards.
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Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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Artists, celebrated for their humanity, they turn out to be scarcely human at all.
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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.
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I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success,
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You always know when you’re going to arrive. If you go by car, you don’t. Apart from anything else, I prefer cycling. It puts you in a good mood, I find.
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Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?
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It’s much easier to follow something that’s not been as successful as this.
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I’m for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.
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Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
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Nor 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.
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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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The thing I think about is that once you’ve done it, you then start to think about what you’re going to do next.
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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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