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Dramatist

Dennis Potter was a British dramatist renowned for his innovative and complex television and radio plays. His works frequently explored themes of social alienation, psychological manipulation, and the human condition, earning him critical acclaim and a place in the annals of British television drama.

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Famous Dennis Potter Quotes

“I also believe in cigarettes, cholesterol, alcohol, carbon monoxide, masturbation, the Arts Council, nuclear weapons, the Daily Telegraph, and not properly labeling fatal poisons, but above all else, most of all, I believe in the one thing that can come out of people's mouths: vomit.”

People Believe Art I Believe One Thing Weapons Mouths I Believe In Alcohol Nuclear Poison Nuclear Weapons Cigarette Carbon Council Masturbation Labeling Cholesterol Telegraph

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“As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very unthinkingly callous.”

People Knows Enough Adults Callous

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“Religion, you can't a handle on it, you just have to know or not know-people either believe or they don't believe.”

People Knows Believe Don't Believe Handle

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“People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It may lead them into all sorts of compensatory excesses.”

People May Deals Endure Excess

Book:The Art of Invective: Selected Non-Fiction 1953–1994

Source: The Art of Invective: Selected Non-Fiction 1953–1994

About the Author

Born: May 17, 1935
Died: June 7, 1994
Known for: Dramatist
Quotes: 41

Books & Sources

An interview with Dennis Potter: an edited transcript of Melvyn Bragg's interview with Dennis Potter, broadcast on the 5th of April 1994Related source material

Seeing the Blossom: Two Interviews and a LectureRelated source material

The Art of Invective: Selected Non-Fiction 1953–1994Related source material

Waiting for the Boat: On TelevisionRelated source material

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