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The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them. (Kingsley Amis)

Death has this much to be said for it: You don't have to get out of bed for it. Wherever you happen to be They bring it to you-free.

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A great British prime minister once remarked that the people were divided into two nations, the rich and the poor, and in effect that these had no knowledge of each other. One might say the same, perhaps, of those who live in parts of the world where segregation by races is practised. But these barriers, or the reasons for them, belong to a part of our history which is fortunately passing away. There is one barrier, however, which no amount of progress or tolerance or legislation can ever diminish. I'm talking about the barrier between the attractive and the unattractive.

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While he was climbing the litter-strewn steps his left ball gave a sharp twinge, on and off like a light-switch, then again after he had sat down. Nothing. Just one of the aches and pains that come and go. No significance.

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Nothing divided people more deeply than how they felt about cats.

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One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

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Friendship includes charity. But there's no charity in sex.

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I told myself that I could soon start to relish the state of being alone [...], only to find as usual that I was stuck with myself.[...] Two's company, which is bad enough in all conscience, but one's a crowd.

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You're still the same girl. What people do doesn't change their nature.

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... all his faces were designed to express rage or loathing. Now that something had happened which really deserved a face, he had none to celebrate it with. As a kind of token, he made his Sex Life in Ancient Rome face.

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Outside every fat man there was an even fatter man trying to close in. (Kingsley Amis)

I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pate than any other.

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Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

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He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic.

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Kingsley Amis

Occupation: English Novelist
Born: April 16, 1922
Died: October 22, 1995
Quotes count: 39
Wikipedia: Kingsley Amis

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