"Books are not about passing the time. They're about other lives. Other worlds."

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Alan Bennett

#Book Quotes #Other Worlds Quotes #Passing Quotes

“After India's victory in the war he was asked what would have happened if he had opted to be with the Pakistan Army at the time of partition in 1947, he quipped, then I guess Pakistan would have won.”
“I don't think anything less than perfect, even though I'm a human being. The way I work and go at things is to better myself in perfect terms.”
“I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.”
“Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of music and math has, in fact, long been noted. Creating and performing music promotes self-expression and provides self-gratification while giving pleasure to others. In medicine, increasing published reports demonstrate that music has a healing effect on patients. For all these reasons, it deserves strong support in our educational system, along with the other arts, the sciences, and athletics.”
“Fortunately, perhaps, I was completely ignorant of the orthodox theory of the disease polio-myelitis.”
“We believe we can train any intelligent, quick thinking person to be a trader. We feel traders are made, not born.”
“Total teachers aren't perfect teachers.”
“When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.”

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