Quotations from

Alan Bennett

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Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005, he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award.

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Quotes from Alan Bennett

We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.

—Alan Bennett

The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when the nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.

—Alan Bennett