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J.B. Priestley quotes: Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write. Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing. Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for wit. Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for wit.
J.B. Priestley quotes: We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.
J.B. Priestley quotes: The point is to be good-to be sensitive and sincere. The point is to be good-to be sensitive and sincere.
J.B. Priestley quotes: We pay when old for the excesses of youth. We pay when old for the excesses of youth.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves. Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man. Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.
J.B. Priestley quotes: A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours. A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes. Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.
J.B. Priestley quotes: She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years. She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Write as often as possible, not with the idea at once of getting into print, but as if you were learning an instrument. Write as often as possible, not with the idea at once of getting into print, but as if you were learning an instrument.
J.B. Priestley quotes: To put failure behind you, face up to it. To put failure behind you, face up to it.
J.B. Priestley quotes: The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write. The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
J.B. Priestley quotes: In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle their differences. In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle their differences.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Childhood, catching our imagination when it is fresh and tender, never lets go of us. Childhood, catching our imagination when it is fresh and tender, never lets go of us.
J.B. Priestley quotes: The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate. The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
J.B. Priestley quotes: If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear. If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear.
J.B. Priestley quotes: What a grand, higgledy-piggledy, sensible old place Norwich is! What a grand, higgledy-piggledy, sensible old place Norwich is!
J.B. Priestley quotes: Sometimes you might think the machines we worship make all the chief appointments, promoting the human beings who seem closest to them. Sometimes you might think the machines we worship make all the chief appointments, promoting the human beings who seem closest to them.
J.B. Priestley quotes: We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison. We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Any fool can be fussy and rid himself of energy all over the place, but a man has to have something in him before he can settle down to do Any fool can be fussy and rid himself of energy all over the place, but a man has to have something in him before he can settle down to do nothing.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile. Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
J.B. Priestley quotes: To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness. To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
J.B. Priestley quotes: There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent. There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
J.B. Priestley quotes: It is good fiction, so largely ignored now, that brings us so much closer to the real facts. It is good fiction, so largely ignored now, that brings us so much closer to the real facts.
J.B. Priestley quotes: I fancy that the Hell of Too Many People would occupy a respectable place in the hierarchy of infernal regions. I fancy that the Hell of Too Many People would occupy a respectable place in the hierarchy of infernal regions.
J.B. Priestley quotes: It is hard to tell where the MCC ends and the Church of England begins. It is hard to tell where the MCC ends and the Church of England begins.
J.B. Priestley quotes: In a matriarchy men should be encouraged to take it easy, for most women prefer live husbands to blocks of shares and seats on the board. In a matriarchy men should be encouraged to take it easy, for most women prefer live husbands to blocks of shares and seats on the board.
J.B. Priestley quotes: But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people. But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Those no-sooner-have-I-touched-the-pillow people are past my comprehension. There is something bovine about them. Those no-sooner-have-I-touched-the-pillow people are past my comprehension. There is something bovine about them.
J.B. Priestley quotes: To make the most of Christmas, focus on Christ. To make the most of Christmas, focus on Christ.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats. Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
J.B. Priestley quotes: To resent and remember brings strife; to forgive and forget brings peace. To resent and remember brings strife; to forgive and forget brings peace.
J.B. Priestley quotes: The way to write a book is the application of the seat of one's pants to the seat of one's chair The way to write a book is the application of the seat of one's pants to the seat of one's chair
J.B. Priestley quotes: Our dourest parsons, who followed the nonconformist fashion of long extemporary prayers, always seemed to me to be bent on bullying God. Our dourest parsons, who followed the nonconformist fashion of long extemporary prayers, always seemed to me to be bent on bullying God.
J.B. Priestley quotes: A loving wife will do anything for her husband except stop criticizing him and trying to improve him. A loving wife will do anything for her husband except stop criticizing him and trying to improve him.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Western man is schizophrenic. Western man is schizophrenic.
J.B. Priestley quotes: The greatest writers of this age ... are aware of the mystery of our existence. The greatest writers of this age ... are aware of the mystery of our existence.
J.B. Priestley quotes: 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. 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.
J.B. Priestley quotes: We cannot get grace from gadgets. We cannot get grace from gadgets.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges. Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges.
J.B. Priestley quotes: To love to teach is one thing, to love those you teach is another. To love to teach is one thing, to love those you teach is another.
J.B. Priestley quotes: I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell. I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.
J.B. Priestley quotes: To multiply your joy, count your blessings. To multiply your joy, count your blessings.
J.B. Priestley quotes: Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people. Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.

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