"Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into democracy."
-J. B. Priestley
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"The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.“
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"We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types."
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"Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile."
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"Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile."
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"When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going."
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"There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going."
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