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Being a husband is a whole-time job.

Arnold Bennett

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Arnold Bennett
Age: 63 †
Born: 1867
Born: May 27
Died: 1931
Died: March 27
Autobiographer
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Film Writer
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
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Mother Town
Enoch Arnold Bennett
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I know people who read and read, and for all the good it does them, they might as well cut bread and butter. Unless you give at least 45 minutes of careful, fatiguing reflection upon what you are reading, your minutes are chiefly wasted.
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You are not in charge of the universe you are in charge of yourself.
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Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness.
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We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful.
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Only a very gifted mind could cope singly with all the problems which present themselves in the perfecting of a home.
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