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Alan Bennett Quotes

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: english
Birth: May 9, 1934

Topics

Children Parents Always Assume Come

I feel that I'll be buried in Ireland and don't think I'll ever live in the U.S. I'm not comfortable with many aspects of U.S. society - especially the justice system.

Live Justice Society Think Feel

From fear to bonding with the audience to getting more open - that's what standup is. It humanises you.

Fear You More Open Audience Bonding

My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Experience Men Childhood Wife Me

Buzzwords and cliches - those are stock in trade. There's nothing wrong with them.

Michael Nesmith

Wrong Nothing Trade Cliches Those

I'm not playing myself. It's a symbolic situation, where I want to introduce a fascist behind the table. I couldn't have had anybody else do that; for it to be successful, I had to do it myself.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Myself Table Situation Want Playing

Writers seem mesmerized by the state - the temporal entity. The word 'perestroika' is impressed somehow on our minds. But that is not the duty of a writer.

Duty Minds Seem Writer Word State

Only a spiritual being has awareness.

Spiritual Awareness Being Only

I used to get so many nasty comments when I cut my hair short, and it upset me.

Me Hair Short Upset Nasty Used

I don't believe in politics. I'm an anarchist, I guess you could say. I think people could be just fine looking after themselves.

Woody Harrelson

Politics People Looking Believe You

I'm incredibly excited to be joining the 'Doctor Who' family. It's such an extraordinary British institution, I couldn't be prouder to call the TARDIS my home.

Family Home Doctor Extraordinary Who

Now I'm the go-to-girl for silent films.

Penelope Ann Miller

Now Silent Films

When we live up to our Constitution, let's form a Conga line around the Capitol and bungee jump off the dome.

Paula Poundstone

Live Constitution Jump Line Up Off

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