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J. B. Priestley

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Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.


— J. B. Priestley


#age #before #changes #day #disillusioned

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.


— J. B. Priestley


#himself #his #making #man #many

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


#am #coming #going #i #i am

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.


— J. B. Priestley


#comedy #itself #may #protecting #say

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.


— J. B. Priestley


#critics #find #greater #had #nothing

When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going.


— J. B. Priestley


#coming #going #i #i am #missed

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.


— J. B. Priestley


#books #fellow #finds #his #i

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.


— J. B. Priestley


#accidents #change #impossible #man #reveals

Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.


— J. B. Priestley


#advice #be yourself #give #people #some

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.


— J. B. Priestley


#a new day #always #been #behind #bit






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Did you know about J. B. Priestley?

a wool firm in the Swan Arcade. He moved into a new genre and became equally well known as a dramatist. Many of his works have a socialist aspect.

His output included literary and social criticism. John Boynton Priestley OM (13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) known as J. He publiJ. B. Priestleyd 26 novels notably The Good Companions (1929) as well as numerous dramas such as An Inspector Calls (1945).

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