And if it can be explained that it can be explained away.’ ‘But this is History. Distance yourselves.
ALAN BENNETTOne of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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To read is to withdraw.To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less…selfish.
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I can walk. It’s just that I’m so rich I don’t need to.
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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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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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Our perspective on the past alters. Looking back, immediately in front of us is dead ground.
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Our father the novelist; my husband the poet. He belongs to the ages – just don’t catch him at breakfast.
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Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.
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We still don’t like to admit the war was even partly our fault because so many of our people died.
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Of course they’re out of date. Standards are always out of date. That is what makes them standards.
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Over the years Miss Shepherd was visited by a succession of social workers so the character in the play is a composite figure.
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You go to a book to have your convictions corroborated.
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To play Trivial Pursuit with a life like mine could be said to be a form of homeopathy.
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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 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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I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.
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