Born Quote by Alan Bennett

“If you find yourself born in Barnsley and then set your sights on being Virginia Woolf it is not going to be roses all the way.”

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Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?

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I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings.

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I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.

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