Peter Ackroyd The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of the national character. – Peter Ackroyd Character Quotes English Quotes Fatalism Quotes Greedy Quotes Melancholy Quotes Mixture Quotes National Quotes News Quotes Times Quotes The 16th-century theatre witnessed the particularly English manifestation of ‘the history play.’ There can be no doubt that Shakespeare’s presentations of ‘Henry V’ and ‘Richard III’ have been incalculably more influential than any more sober historical study. I never read in bed, only in my study.
Laura Kelly Kansas and Missouri will continue with separate efforts to offer incentives statewide. We all want to do our best to attract businesses and good jobs, but without foolish giveaways that bear no fruit. – Laura Kelly
Nigel Lawson One of the things that concerned me was the way the system operated: the wife who went out to work got a full personal allowance, but the wife who was working at home got nothing. This was particularly hard on wives who gave up work for a time to bring up children. – Nigel Lawson
Roger Ailes There are always people that will rise to the occasion when there is no occasion, but it is hard to find people will do it when there is. – Roger Ailes
Paul Singer A great deal of stupidity has chipped away at the massive advantages of Western civilization, which could terminally decline if it remains on the current path. But these problems can be solved – and swiftly – if the right leaders emerge. – Paul Singer
Megan Mullally Woody Harrelson played a long-term love interest of Debra Messing’s; I think it was for a whole season. They almost cast Nick in that part. They almost had given to him. But at the eleventh hour, Jim Burrows put in a call to Woody, and he said he would do it. – Megan Mullally
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