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Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

Alan Bennett

Of course they’re out of date. Standards are always out of date. That is what makes them standards.
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Always Course Date Make Out Standard
We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn’t obey the rules.
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Anarchist Community Obey People Rule Small Start Try
I’ve never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none.
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Except Land Meet never Point Sea Seen Shore
My films are about embarrassment.
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Embarrassment Film
There is no such thing as a good script, onlya good film, and I’m conscious that my scripts often read better than they play.
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Better Play Conscious Film Good No Often Raed Script Such Thing
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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Between Bit Boy Chat Counter Fish Fryer Local Sale Some Under
To play Trivial Pursuit with a life like mine could be said to be a form of homeopathy.
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Could Form Homeopathy Life Mine Play Pursuit Trival
Philip Larkin used to cheer himself up by looking in the mirror and saying the line from Rebecca, ‘I am Mrs de Winter now!
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Cheer Himself I Lok Mirror Now People Skyline Use Winter
I can walk. It’s just that I’m so rich I don’t need to.
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Just Need Rich Walk
The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it’s on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.
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Crise Majority People Perform Spotlight Them
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
Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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Debrief Know Memories Memory Ous Publicly
Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date?
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Add Ever Headmaster Little might Out Perhaps Standard Thought
However bad the weather, Dad never drove to church because Mam thought the sacrament might make him incapable on the return journey.
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Church Incapable Journey Return Sacrament Weather
Nor did they seem to think one had done them a kindness by reading their writings. Rather they had done one the kindness by writing them.
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Done Kindness Nor Read Seem Think Write
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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Bet Depute Doubt Stoppard Underling

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

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