Alan Bennett Quotes
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I had one drama teacher who was amazing, Ms. Perkins. She really tried to inspire me and get me going.
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I am so in tune with my body that I know how it should feel.
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I always look for the weirdest note to land on. I felt that that was the least I could do for the great musical traditions which I've spawned.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta.
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Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
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People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
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I am an African and I am very proud of that.
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Ginger: I can't do this, Lois! I can't go out with a woman who has a child! I'm too young, I tell you! I haven't sown my oats yet!Lois: I think your oats are impacted.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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There's also a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party. What do I mean by that? What I mean by that is they still sort of look down on minorities.
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When you see yourself quoted in print and you're sorry you said it, it suddenly becomes a misquotation.
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I believe that every person is born with talent.
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Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?
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Behind mass immigration, there is terrorism.
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Life is not fair...Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.
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As one civil-liberties lawyer, who is concerned about the sometimes vigilante attitude toward accused rapists, puts it: 'Some people regard rape as so heinous an offense that they would not even regard innocence as a defense.'
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The essence of America lies not in the headlined heroes...but in the everyday folks who live and die unknown, yet leave their dreams as legacies
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Someone asked me what home was and all I could think of were the stars on the tip of your tongue, the flowers sprouting from your mouth, the roots entwined in the gaps between your fingers, the ocean echoing inside of your ribcage.
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If Nature put not forth her power About the opening of the flower, Who is it that could live an hour?
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When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.
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If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
