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Alan Bennett
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Alan John Bennett is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He has represented the Republic of Ireland national team.
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“Geoff: We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.”
“That's a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water.”
“Headmaster: Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.”
“To play Trivial Pursuit with a life like mine could be said to be a form of homeopathy.”
“However, living in Tel Aviv, he was spared the fate of equivalent figures in English culture, an endless round of arts programmes where those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will be remembered only for remembering someone else.”
“If you find yourself born in Barnsley and then set your sights on being Virginia Woolf it is not going to be roses all the way.”
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