What I’m above all primarily concerned with is the substance of life, the pith of reality.
ALAN BENNETTOver the years Miss Shepherd was visited by a succession of social workers so the character in the play is a composite figure.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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The days weren’t long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
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If I had to sum up my work, I suppose that’s it really: I’m taking the pith out of reality.
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Never read the Bible as if it means something. Or at any rate don’t try and mean it. Nor prayers.
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Why do we not care to acknowledge them? The cattle, the body count.
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If you find yourself born in Barnsley and then set your sights on being Virginia Woolf it is not going to be roses all the way.
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A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.
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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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The masters had no idea what was expected of you in the scholarship exam, so you just had to busk it really.
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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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Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.
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Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.
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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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One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.
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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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