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"Polly: Education with socialists, its like sex, all right as long as you dont have to pay for it."
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Alan BennettSchoolmaster: But God, whatever else He is, and of course He is everyt — Alan Bennett
"Schoolmaster: But God, whatever else He is, and of course He is everything else, is not a fool."
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Alan Bennett
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Alan Bennett is an English playwright, author, actor 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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"Mrs Wicksteed: Of course, Ive known for years our marriage has been a mockery. My body lying there night after night in the wasted moonlight. I know now how the Taj Mahal must feel."
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