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I don't think one 'comes down' from Jimmy's university. According to him, it's not even red brick, but white tile.

John Osborne

Anyone who's never watched somebody die is suffering from a pretty bad case of virginity.

John Osborne

Inside every playwright there is a Falstaff, gathering like a boil to be lanced by his liege employers – fashion and caprice.

John Osborne

It's no good trying to fool yourself about love. You can't fall into it like a soft job, without dirtying up your hands. It takes muscle and guts. And if you can't bear the thought of messing up your nice, clean soul, you'd better give up the whole idea of life and become a saint.

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Here we are, we're alone in the universe, there's no God, it just seems that it all began by something as simple as sunlight striking on a piece of rock. And here we are. We've only got ourselves. Somehow, we've just got to make a go of it. We've only got ourselves.

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What we remember is what we become. What we have forgotten is more kindly and disturbs only our dreams. We become resemblances of our past.

John Osborne

The schoolteacher is certainly underpaid as a childminder, but ludicrously overpaid as an educator.

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Archie Rice: Don't clap too hard – it's a very old building.

John Osborne

John Osborne

John Osborne

Born: December 12, 1929

Died: December 24, 1994 (aged 65)

Bio: John James Osborne was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, known for his excoriating prose and intense critical stance towards established social and political norms.

Known for:

Look Back in Anger (1956)
The Entertainer (1957)
Inadmissible Evidence (1955)
A Patriot for Me (1956)
Epitaph for George Dillon (1958)

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