Neil MacGregor Quotes

London theatre is different: it is a commercial theatre that brings the whole of society into one place. And Shakespeare grasped, better than anyone else, what it means to engage the entire audience.

Neil MacGregor

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I was a pin-up girl. I did it for 30 years and, quite frankly, it gets a bit boring.

Joan Collins

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Most public polling continues to be reported on strictly from a topline, horserace-type perspective that does nothing, or at best very little, to illuminate the news of the day.

Joel Benenson

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Celebrating Christmas without subscribing to Christianity is like watching the Super Bowl without watching a regular season game. Some people watch the Super Bowl for the commercials; others watch it for the halftime show.

Andrew Shaffer

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Gary Oldman is my TV hero. The incredible thing about Gary Oldman is his versatility.

Andrew-Lee Potts

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To me, this is the most awesome kind of art. When the music is right, everybody is as much a part of the art.

Michael Israel

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We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship.

Shirley Jones

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History is a heavy thing everywhere.

Tracy K. Smith

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In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and its a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.

Russell Means

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In my view, Russia has not been a particularly collaborative player on the world stage.

Mitt Romney

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I'm just trying to stretch the public space wider and make it more open so that a wider variety of people and faces and stories and perspectives and also expertise can come through. So everything that I do rests on that, trying to support on other voices.

Deeyah Khan

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I think Jamaica would thrive if we promote agriculture as a way to bring people here.

Chris Blackwell

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If we went to the Tour, I'd have to think, what would our purpose be? Would it be to win the Tour de France? I'm not sure I want that pressure.

Bradley Wiggins

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