Katharine Viner Quotes

During the Second Boer War, from 1899 to 1902, Britain was rampantly jingoistic: anyone who opposed the war was cast as a traitor. The 'Guardian' stood against it and ran a campaign for peace while the brilliant 'Guardian' reporter Emily Hobhouse exposed the concentration camps for the Boers run by the British.

Katharine Viner

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PeaceWarRunBrilliantTraitor

We are really the victims of our own problems.

Jimmy Greaves

ProblemsOwnVictimsOurReally

We do not agree that hindsight is required. The risks of internal strife in Iraq, active Iranian pursuit of its interests, regional instability, and al-Qaeda activity in Iraq, were each explicitly identified before the invasion.

John Chilcot

RisksActiveHindsightAgreePursuit

If you're a documenter, you're taking a video of something in the real world you want to capture. If you're a director, you're trying to create something in the real world.

Michael Seibel

WorldTryingYouCreateWantReal

Many of the Jews who owned the homes, the apartments in the black community, we considered them bloodsuckers because they took from our community and built their community but didn't offer anything back to our community.

Louis Farrakhan

CommunityBlackBackAnythingOffer

I'm a married woman, so I'm not bothered what other men think of me - but I still want James to fancy me.

Debra Stephenson

BestPeopleAlwaysSeen

I've never played in Vegas. I've only been to the airport, but even the airport was exciting. Just flying in, looking out the window, you feel the pull of it, like it's some evil force pulling you in, like Mordor.

Dean Wareham

WindowEvilLookingFlyingVegas

It's crazy how loyal country fans are. I can't say enough how much that means to me.

Brad Paisley

MeCrazyEnoughCountrySayFans

'A Streetcar Named Desire' is the play I've probably read the most times in my life, and I love the weirdness of all the scene outs but especially the end of the second scene, when Williams brings a tamale vendor on stage to simply say, 'Red hot!'

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

LifeLoveRedEndMy LifePlay

It is the best thing to have great games, and the tiredness matters little.

Antoine Griezmann

GreatBestGamesMattersLittle

Restorers of paintings and pottery follow a code of conduct in their work to distinguish the original material from what they are adding later.

Antony Beevor

WorkFollowOriginalCodePottery

Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.

Anne Rice

SuccessTogetherFeelRealGain

I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing. That doesn't mean my books are autobiographical.

Janet Fitch

MeWritingKnowMy OwnExploreMean

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