David Miliband What is the big political issue for Britain at the moment? Without wishing to sound portentous, it is about whether we can build a social democratic settlement, whether we can lay the political and cultural foundations for the next several years. – David Miliband Britain Quotes Build Quotes Cultural Quotes Democratic Quotes Foundations Quotes Issue Quotes Lay Quotes Moment Quotes Political Quotes Portentous Quotes Settlement Quotes Social Quotes Sound Quotes Wishing Quotes One of the things about the modern world is that the public and the private – which is not the same as the public and the personal – but the public and the private… it’s very, very much harder than it used to be to have things that are private and things that are public. The American idea that everyone graduates high school at 18 is a good one.
Chris CannonIntelligence Our men and women in uniform deserve the best intelligence possible to help them protect America. – Chris Cannon
John Darnielle Metal has its own code of cool, but it’s not really trying to be cool. And that was very refreshing to me, that metal is very much about expressing something that seems awesome to you even if, at the time, much of the world was going to mock and reject it. – John Darnielle
Simon Hoggart I’ve served on five different juries, and many of them were bonkers in their own way. – Simon Hoggart
Marcel Proust All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last. – Marcel Proust
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