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James Agate (1877-1947) was a British writer famous for his witticisms. He reached prominence as a critic for the Sunday Times from 1923 until his death. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Agate, James.

"Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever."

Agate, James on Epitaphs
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"Intelligence: I was asked tonight why I refuse to have truck with intellectuals after business hours. But of course I won t. 1. I am not an intellectual. Two minutes talk with Aldous Huxley, William Glock, or any of the New Statesman crowd would expose me utterly. 2. I am too tired after my day's work to man the intellectual palisade. 3. When my work is finished I want to eat, drink, smoke, and relax. 4. I don't know very much, but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to argue about it. I know what I think about an actor or an actress, and am not interested in what anybody else thinks. My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made."

Agate, James on Intelligence and Intellectuals
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"The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent, and is modest about it."

Agate, James on Nationalities and Nationalism
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"The Englishman can get along with sex quite perfectly so long as he can pretend that it isn't sex but something else."

Agate, James on Sex
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