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There are more microbes per p...

There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world. Imagine that. Per person. This means that if the time scale is diminished in proportion to that of space it would be quite possible for the whole story of Greece and Rome to be played out between farts.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

But then books, as I'm sure y...

But then books, as I'm sure you know, seldom prompt a course of action. Books generally just confirm you in what you have, perhaps unwittingly, decided to do already. You go to a book to have your convictions corroborated. A book, as it were, closes the book.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

If, for instance, we'd made t...

If, for instance, we'd made the film after the show had been to Broadway, it would have been exactly the same film but we would have been assured that they would have understood it. We didn't have to do any alterations for Broadway. I was supposed to go a fortnight before it opened to alter anything that was necessary and there was nothing really.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

...she felt about reading wha...

...she felt about reading what some writers felt about writing: that it was impossible not to do it and that at this late stage of her life she had been chosen to read as others were chosen to write.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

The thing I think about is th...

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.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

Cloisters, ancient libraries ...

Cloisters, ancient libraries ... I was confusing learning with the smell of cold stone.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

That's a bit like asking a ma...

That's a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

Here I sit, alone at 60,
Bal...

Here I sit, alone at 60,
Bald and fat and full of sin
Cold the seat, and loud the cistern
As I read the (Harpic) (Lysol) tin

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

You always know when you're g...

You always know when you're going to arrive. If you go by car, you don't. Apart from anything else, I prefer cycling. It puts you in a good mood, I find.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

My experience came before mos...

My experience came before most of you were born. My school was a state school in Leeds and the headmaster usually sent students to Leeds University but he didn't normally send them to Oxford or Cambridge. But the headmaster happened to have been to Cambridge and decided to try and push some of us towards Oxford and Cambridge. So, half a dozen of us tried - not all of us in history - and we all eventually got in. So, to that extent, it [The History Boys] comes out of my own experience.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

No mention of God. They keep ...

No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

Sometimes there is no next ti...

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

Mark my words, when a society...

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

Above literature?' said the Q...

Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

A book is a device to ignite ...

A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

Have you ever thought, headma...

Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date? Of course they're out of date. Standards are always out of date. That is what makes them standards.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

The days weren't long enough ...

The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

Standards are always out of d...

Standards are always out of date. That's what makes them standards.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

We have fish and chips, which...

We have fish and chips, which W. and I fetch from the shop in Settle market-place. Some local boys come in and there is a bit of chat between them and the fish-fryer about whether the kestrel under the counter is for sale. Only when I mention it to W. does he explain Kestrel is now a lager. I imagine the future is going to contain an increasing number of incidents like this, culminating with a man in a white coat saying to one kindly, "And now can you tell me the name of the Prime Minister?"

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

Of course my standards are ou...

Of course my standards are out of date! That's why they're called standards.

Alan Bennett 124 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....