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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.
Alan Bennett
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Alan Bennett
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: May 9
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History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.
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But most men regard their life as a poem that women threaten. 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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Clichés can be quite fun. That's how they got to be clichés.
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No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off.
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