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I have never understood disliking for war. It panders to instincts already catered for within the scope of any respectable domestic establishment.

Alan Bennett

It’s the one species I wouldn’t mind seeing vanish from the face of the earth.
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Earth Face Mind One See Species
Life is rather like a tin of sardines – we’re all of us looking for the key.
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Key Life Look Rather Sardine Tin
I had no idea of who could play it, no notion really. Then Richard came to see us but I don’t think it was decided at that meeting.
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Could Decide Idea Meet Notion Really Think
At eighty things do not occur; they recur.
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Eighty Occur Recur Thing
They may not have two spondees to rub together but they still want to pen their saga untrammelled by life-threatening activities like trailing round Sainsbury’s, emptying the dishwasher or going to the nativity play.
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Dishwasher Empt Nativity Pen Play Round Saga Sainsbury Threat Trailing
You have the knowledge but that does not entitle you to be superior. Knowledge makes you the servant not the master.
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Entitle Knowledge Master Servant Superior
Clichés can be quite fun. That’s how they got to be clichés.
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Clitch Fun Got Quite
Soft Left, Hard Right, Soft Right and Centre. I am not listed. I should probably come under Soft Centre.
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Come Hard Left List Probably Right Soft Under
That’s a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water.
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Across Ask Bid Crawl Malvern Perier Prefer Sahara Water
Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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Debrief Know Memories Memory Ous Publicly
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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Add Bottom Entitlement Happiness Note One Position Recipe Sense Star
I wish they were like the White Rhinosix of them left in the Serengeti National Park, and all males.
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Left Male National Park Serengeti White Wish
Imagine that. Per person. This means that if the time scale is diminished in proportion to that of space it would be quite possible for the whole story of Greece and Rome to be played out between farts.
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Between Diminish Fart Imagine Impossible Person Proportion Space Time Whole Stoy
In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint.
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Artist Background Blueprint Circumstance Everything Particular Possible Transcend Want Way
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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Done Go Next Once Start Think
And one of the historian’s jobs is to anticipate what our perspective of that period will be… even on the Holocaust.
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Anticipate Historian Holocaust Period Perspective Remote

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