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They fuck you up, your mum and dad', and if you're planning on writing that's probably a good thing. But if you are planning on writing and they haven't fucked you up, well, you've got nothing to go on, so then they've fucked you up good and proper.
They fuck you up, your mum and dad', and if you're planning on writing that's probably a good thing. But if you are planning on writing and they haven't fucked you up, well, you've got nothing to go on, so then they've fucked you up good and proper.
Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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- Alan Bennett
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- Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Alan Bennett: documented activity in 1960. Wikidata Q654730, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q654730 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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