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It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.

Alan Bennett

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Alan Bennett
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: May 9
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The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
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We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.
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The thing I think about is that once you've done it, you then start to think about what you're going to do next. It's much easier to follow something that's not been as successful as this.
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Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
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I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.
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To read is to withdraw.To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less...selfish.
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I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.
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I'm for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.
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