David Olusoga When the banks crashed the global economy in 2007-08, it was they who received a bailout while the rest of us got austerity. – David Olusoga Austerity Quotes Bailout Quotes Banks Quotes Crashed Quotes Economy Quotes Global Quotes Received Quotes Rest Quotes Democratically elected governments meekly requesting giant corporations to pay pitifully low levels of tax on their enormous profits is not a good look. While everyone knows that London is both big and overprivileged when it comes to spending, the scale of its dominance is poorly understood. London is not just the biggest city in the UK, it is the biggest city in western Europe. It is also the richest region.
Sascha Radetsky If age someday grounds my feet and wilts my port de bras, what vestige of the old life will be left? The signs that I was a dancer will gradually fade like stripes on a beach towel. Even my knowledge of the art form, reaped in sweat over decades, could be lost over time. – Sascha Radetsky
Rachael Stirling I have never met anybody who likes ‘The Detectorists’ that I don’t like. – Rachael Stirling
Joseph Rotblat Indeed, the whole human species is endangered, by nuclear weapons or by other means of wholesale destruction which further advances in science are likely to produce. – Joseph Rotblat
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