James Buchan Quotes

We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned.

James Buchan

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PoliticsSchoolViewCrownLong

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

FriendshipLoveGeniusDifference

I just dreamed about living in Paris and being French. I always loved the visual arts, film and theatre, and I hoped to be involved in creating beautiful products and images.

Maureen Chiquet

BeautifulTheatreLovedParisLiving

As long as there are people in education making excuses for failure, cursing future generations with a culture of low expectations, denying children access to the best that has been thought and written, because Nemo and the Mister Men are more relevant, the battle needs to be joined.

Michael Gove

EducationFailureFutureChildren

For me, clothes are kind of character; I don't follow fashion or understand trends.

Meryl Streep

CharacterMeFashionClothesKind

Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

Stephen Hawking

HumorMindSurvivalSense Of Humor

When I made 'What They Want,' I was going crazy. When I made 'Losin Control,' I was going crazy, when I made all the songs that are on my Soundcloud, every time I was out, I went crazy, like it was still the first song that I made.

Russ

TimeCrazyControlSongWantFirst

Industrial agriculture freed many people to pursue lives their parents and grandparents could never have. It made America modern.

Michael Specter

ParentsPeopleAmericaAgriculture

Globalisation means that for a high-wage, developed economy like Britain's to compete we need to focus our efforts on the highly skilled, added-value sectors such as advanced manufacturing, creative industries, engineering and even financial services.

Lucy Powell

FocusCreativeFinancialEngineering

I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to.

Liz Phair

MusicTimeMeRememberMoviesKind

I learned to ride a ten-speed when I was 4 or 5. My uncle gave me the bike, hand-me-down, and everyone used to stare at me riding up and down this block. I was too short to reach the pedals, so I put my legs through the V of the frame. I was famous. The little kid who could ride the ten-speed.

Jay-Z

RideBikeMeShortReachUncle

After 'Rock Star,' I was definitely doing more high profile gigs. I was playing in Iceland. I was playing in Canada.

Josh Logan

Rock StarDoingCanadaRockHigh

As an actor, I have these tics that I don't even know exist.

Jonathan Groff

KnowActorExistEven

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