Betty Boothroyd As a member of the House of Lords, I don’t have a vote. If I did, I would be motivated as much by what I don’t want as what I do. I do want a Final Say referendum. So I do not want a Johnson majority. – Betty Boothroyd Final Quotes House Quotes Johnson Quotes Lords Quotes Majority Quotes Motivated Quotes Referendum Quotes Vote Quotes Whatever your age, think about the young generation. And try to give them back the future being taken from them. My dreams of taking the West End by storm as a dancer flickered but then faded; my father’s ambition to see me in a steady office job was tried and abandoned. But I had won a national speaking award, had stood for election to the local council, had begun to travel and took a job working for the Labour Party.
Issa Rae I would love ‘Awkward Black Girl’ to be on television, with the right team of people who understand and get it. If ‘Awkward Black Girl’ could make it to HBO starring a dark-skinned black girl, that would be revolutionary. – Issa Rae
Phylicia Rashad Loving oneself isn’t hard, when you understand who and what ‘yourself’ is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, the length of your hair or the quality of your clothes. It’s so beyond all of those things and it’s what gives life to everything about you. Your own self is such a treasure. – Phylicia Rashad
Etgar Keret Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump. – Etgar Keret
Anna Todd The Internet can help you come out of your shell and gives you a chance to make friends who have the same passion as you, it’s a real community. – Anna Todd
Michael Sandel If you pay a child a dollar to read a book, as some schools have tried, you not only create an expectation that reading makes you money, you also run the risk of depriving the child for ever of the value of it. Markets are not innocent. – Michael Sandel
Mehdi Hasan It is worth noting that Steve King of Iowa is far from the only Republican member of Congress to offer cover to white nationalists. – Mehdi Hasan
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