Matt Haig The implication that depressed people are fundamentally irresponsible is a deeply damaging and counterproductive one. Winston Churchill was a depressive. He didn’t just fly planes; he was in charge of the Royal Air Force. – Matt Haig Air Quotes Charge Quotes Churchill Quotes Counterproductive Quotes Damaging Quotes Deeply Quotes Depressed Quotes Depressive Quotes Fly Quotes Force Quotes Fundamentally Quotes Implication Quotes Irresponsible Quotes People Quotes Planes Quotes Royal Quotes Winston Quotes Depression, for me, wasn’t a dulling but a sharpening, an intensifying, as though I had been living my life in a shell, and now the shell wasn’t there. It was total exposure. If we ever head down the American path of banning certain books or turning the editorial process into one of censorship, we will risk turning teens off books and sending them elsewhere – to their X-Boxes, for instance. To the Internet. And they won’t ever come back to books.
John Skipper Brand matters. And ESPN is, by far, the most popular sports brand. People trust ESPN. – John Skipper
Elvis Mitchell The Third Man,’ directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene, is, quite simply, one of the finest movies ever made. – Elvis Mitchell
Stevie Jackson When you’re 14, 15, and you get together and start making a noise, it is the world opening up. You have that indestructible feeling when you’re young. But your ambitions when you are 13 are different when you’re 25. By that time, your ambition isn’t to be a star anymore; it’s to make a living doing music. – Stevie Jackson
David Lidington I want to see prison numbers come down. We need better custody that cuts reoffending and crime. And we need to ensure judges, magistrates and the public have full confidence in the other penalties available. – David Lidington
Greg Grandin Kissinger celebrants inevitably point to two things to justify their admiration: an opening to China – ‘rapprochement’ – and improved relations with the Soviet Union – detente – which included SALT, a historic arms-limitation treaty. – Greg Grandin
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