Quote by Alan Bennett
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read a

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have. – Alan Bennett

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Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else. – Alan Bennett

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God be thanked for books! they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. – W.E. Channing

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A dirty book is rarely dusty. – Author unknown

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A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul. – Franz Kafka

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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. – Logan Pearsall Smith, Trivia, 1917

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As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps its because Ive played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting. – Jeff Bridges

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Marriage? Its like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance. – Francoise Sagan

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I tell people Im too stupid to know whats impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true. – Debi Thomas

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