"I have a theory that if you've got……" — Wendy Cope
"I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school."
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Wendy Cope
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18 Quotes by Wendy Cope
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Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your…
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I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.
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When a poem doesn't work, the first question to ask yourself is, 'Am I telling the truth?'
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I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write…
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I like buying clothes, especially as I get a tax-deductible allowance.
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I was single for a long time and felt very much alone in the world, and talk of family values…
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I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them…
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In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence.…
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Possibly I've become less funny as I've been happier.
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The interesting thing is that you don't often meet a poet who doesn't have a sense of humour, and some…
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Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do…
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I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or…
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