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> [But it would be churlish of me not to appreciate what it's brought me. If a good number of people come into a theatre because they know me from the dreaded 'Mrs B', I couldn't be happier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-routledge/but-it-would-be-churlish-of-me-not-to-appreciate-what-it-s-brought-me/)

[Patricia Routledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-routledge/)

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## More by Patricia Routledge

> [I've only done what I've really wanted to burn up energy on. If you can't wake up in the morning and look forward to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-routledge/i-ve-only-done-what-i-ve-really-wanted-to-burn-up-energy-on-if-you/)

[Patricia Routledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-routledge/)

> [I didn't make a decision not to be married and not to be a mother - life just turned out like that because my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-routledge/i-didn-t-make-a-decision-not-to-be-married-and-not-to-be-a-mother/)

[Patricia Routledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-routledge/)

> [But it would be churlish of me not to appreciate what it's brought me. If a good number of people come into a theatre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-routledge/but-it-would-be-churlish-of-me-not-to-appreciate-what-it-s-brought-me/)

[Patricia Routledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-routledge/)

> [There's a fashion abroad generally to speak the language as badly as possible. I'm of a mind to start a society for the reinstatement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-routledge/there-s-a-fashion-abroad-generally-to-speak-the-language-as-badly-as/)

[Patricia Routledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-routledge/)

> [We finished series four of 'Hetty Wainthropp', we were told there was going to be series five.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-routledge/we-finished-series-four-of-hetty-wainthropp-we-were-told-there-was/)

[Patricia Routledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-routledge/)

> [I had a voice - I had an instrument - I loved singing and I had an inspired singing teacher, Miss Sleigh. I went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-routledge/i-had-a-voice-i-had-an-instrument-i-loved-singing-and-i-had-an/)

[Patricia Routledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-routledge/)

> [It wasn't rich, it was hard-working, but I give thanks daily for the kind of upbringing I had, and for the values my parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-routledge/it-wasn-t-rich-it-was-hard-working-but-i-give-thanks-daily-for-the/)

[Patricia Routledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-routledge/)

> [People have always pitied spinsters. We have been derided, as if we had missed out on life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-routledge/people-have-always-pitied-spinsters-we-have-been-derided-as-if-we-had/)

[Patricia Routledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-routledge/)

> [I was never an ingenue, thank God; always character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-routledge/i-was-never-an-ingenue-thank-god-always-character/)

[Patricia Routledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-routledge/)

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