Linda Colley The Canadian risings of the 1830s obliged the men in London to think much harder about settler self-government. – Linda Colley Canadian Quotes Harder Quotes London Quotes Obliged Quotes Risings Quotes Selfgovernment Quotes Settler Quotes A break-up of the U.K. would affect the deployment and strength of its armed forces and play havoc with the ownership of its overseas consulships and embassies. The so-called Boer War advertised British vulnerabilities, and these were confirmed by the Irish rising of 1916 and the subsequent creation of the Irish Free State, blows that attracted the notice and attention of colonial dissidents in Asia and Africa.
ChanceFearLearningRobert Fulghum I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances. – Robert Fulghum
EducationLeon Spinks I know a lot of people think I’m dumb. Well, at least I ain’t no educated fool. – Leon Spinks
Finneas All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds. – Finneas
Jennifer Holliday A lot of times we base everything just on our immediate circumstance. We don’t see a big picture for our lives. We don’t love ourselves. We don’t have a way of kind of gauging the future, so we count it lost. – Jennifer Holliday
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