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Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.

Alan Bennett

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Alan Bennett
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: May 9
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At the drabber moments of my life (swilling some excrement from the steps, for instance, or rooting with a bent coat-hanger down a blocked sink) thoughts occur like '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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