At the drabber moments of my life (swilling some excrement from the steps, for instance, or rooting with a bent coat-hanger down a blocked sink) thoughts occur like.
ALAN BENNETTThere are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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It’s much easier to follow something that’s not been as successful as this.
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A book is a device to ignite the imagination.
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One reads for pleasure…it is not a public duty.
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Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date?
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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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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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I can walk. It’s just that I’m so rich I don’t need to.
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An article on playwrights in the Daily Mail , listed according to Hard Left,
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So boring you fall asleep halfway through her name.
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Illogically, I tend to assume that if you ( Philip Larkin) dream of caning schoolgirls bottoms, it disqualifies you from dismissing half the nation as work-shy.
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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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I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success,
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I bet Tom Stoppard doesn’t have to do this’ or There is no doubt David Hare would have deputed this to an underling.’
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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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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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