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Frances O'Grady Quotes

Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the many needed to be challenged.

Frances O'Grady

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: british
Birth: November 9, 1959

Topics

College Me Luxury Seeing System

It was an extraordinary connection, the synergy within the band. There was an area of ESP between Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and myself.

Jimmy Page

Myself Plant Connection Band Synergy

I think there is sexy. And then there's tacky sexy. When you're young, you can get away with tacky sexy. I mean, it's not even tacky when you're young. But when you get older, it's just tacky.

Andie MacDowell

Think Sexy You Young Mean Get

People will pay more to be entertained than educated.

Johnny Carson

People Will More Pay Educated Than

I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star.

Meshell Ndegeocello

You Ahead My Own Need Company Own

It is through accomplishment that man makes his contribution and contribution is life's greatest reward.

John Portman

Life Man Accomplishment Reward His

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

Stephen Hawking

People Computers Story Dark Heaven

My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general.

Robert Duvall

Father Great People Play Line Just

The perception of the audience is the interesting part. If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on or not?

Robert Fripp

Perception Interesting Audience Going

I like to see things start, grow, and then move on to better things.

Robin Leach

Start Grow Better Move On See Move

That's my job as an actor - to go on and try to do the work so subtle and so fine and specific that the memories will linger for a long time.

Ron Cephas Jones

Work Memories Time Job Long Go

Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.

Ronald Steel

Politics Battle Way Spectacle Given

People who want to do stand-up from the start - I mean that's an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn't it?

Ronnie Corbett

People Start Want Mean Who Thing