History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.
ALAN BENNETTThere’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 tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success,
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It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets.
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Memories are not shackles, Franklin, they are garlands.
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[B]riefing is not reading. In fact it is the antithesis of reading. Briefing is terse, factual and to the point.
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I’ve never forgotten that experience. But I had nobody at school that was either like Hector or Irwin.
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Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.
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I’m all in favour of free expression provided it’s kept rigidly under control.
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Had your forefathers, Wigglesworth, been as stupid as you are, the human race would never have succeeded in procreating itself.
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His writing is that of someone whose whole life was spent in apartments, with lifts, stairwells, muffled voices behind closed doors, and sounds through walls.
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An article on playwrights in the Daily Mail , listed according to Hard Left,
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Our perspective on the past alters. Looking back, immediately in front of us is dead ground.
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And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours
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Of course they’re out of date. Standards are always out of date.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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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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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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