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I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success,

Alan Bennett

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
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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Certain Civilize Education Grant Privilege Seem Society Taken
I’m for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.
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Control Expression Freedom Give Strict
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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Apartment Door Someone Sound Spent Wall Write
Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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Debrief Know Memories Memory Ous Publicly
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
Culminating with a man in a white coat saying to one kindly, “And now can you tell me the name of the Prime Minister?”
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Can Coat Culminate Kindly Man Name Prime Minister Say Tell White
Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date?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
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
I’m all in favour of free expression provided it’s kept rigidly under control.
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Control Expression Favor Free Kept Provide Rigid Under
Books are not about passing time. They’re about other lives. Other worlds.
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Book Live Other Pass Time World
Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.
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Elsewhere Generally Happen Life Something
Clichés can be quite fun. That’s how they got to be clichés.
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Clitch Fun Got Quite
I don’t talk very well. With writing, you’ve time to get it right. Also I’ve found the more I talk the less I write, and if I didn’t write no one would want me to talk anyway.
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Anyway Found More Take Talk Time Well Write
You don’t put your life into your books, you find it there.
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Book Find Into Life Put
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

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