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"15 Alan Bennett Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 9 May 1934 | Actor | Author | Playwright | Screenwriter |

A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

Book Device Ignite Imagination
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Books are not about passing time. They're about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, one just wishes one had more of it

Books Pasing time Other worlds Wanting time
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We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules

We started off Set up Anarchist community People
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Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Sometime Next time Second chance Now
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History is a commentary on the various and continuing in capabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

History Commentary Continuing In capabilities
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One of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human. One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.

Hardest things Boys Learn Teacher
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Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

Life Sardines Looking for Key
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One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.

One recipe Happiness Entitlement Added
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Can there be any greater pleasure than to come across an author one enjoys and then to find they have written not just one book or two, but at least a dozen?

Greater pleasure Come across An author One enjoy
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History nowadays is not a matter of conviction. It’s a performance. It’s entertainment. And if it isn’t, make it so.

History Nowadays Matter Conviction
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Marriage is supposed to be a partnership. Good-looking people marry good-looking people and the others take what's left.

Marriage Partnership Good looking People
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Never at my best when at my best behavior.

Never My best When Behavior
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The more institutions and freedoms and benefits one can take for granted – of which in my view free state-supported galleries and museums come high on the list – the more civilised a society is.

More institutions Freedom Benefit Granted
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The prime minister did not wholly believe in the past or in any lessons that might be drawn from it

Prime minister Wholly believe Past Lesson
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You don't put your life into books. You find it there.

Don't put Your life Into books
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Alan Bennett Quotes & Sayings