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It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.
BBC obituary (2004)
Basically I'm a very serious person, but I think the form it takes with me is comedy. I see the amusing side of all potentially pompous situations.
BBC obituary (2004)
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
BBC obituary (2004)
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
BBC obituary (2004)
The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.
BBC obituary (2004)
Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
BBC obituary (2004)
To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
BBC obituary (2004)
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.
BBC obituary (2004)
I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.
BBC obituary (2004)