Adam Curtis Quotes

James Goldsmith is important because he used the power of the markets to break up the cosy patrician elite that ran Britain and its industries in the 1950s and '60s. In the process, Goldsmith helped transfer power in this country away from politics and towards the markets and the financial sector.

Adam Curtis

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PowerPoliticsFinancialProcessUp

'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music.

John Lydon

MusicAmericanCountryPlaceIrish

We cannot watch another family lose everything - risking their lives and the lives of the first responders sent to rescue them - because the flood insurance program's seal of government approval fooled them into thinking they were safe. That's more than wrong: it's immoral.

Jeb Hensarling

FamilyGovernmentThinkingInsurance

I started to let go and seeing that there are no rules.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

SeeingRulesGoLet GoStarted

I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.

Stevie Nicks

GraceLookWantWhyNeverBig

It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.

Tony Snow

PeopleQuietNo SenseTellSense

The most romantic thing I ever did to my woman? I painted her toenails!

Tracy Morgan

RomanticWomanHerMostDidEver

Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.

Martin Sheen

HumorPeopleGolfSense Of HumorBoy

I came out of the womb singing, dancing, and telling awkward jokes.

Annaleigh Ashford

SingingDancingOutJokesAwkward

I was the first person in the family to be an actor.

Pilou Asbaek

FamilyPersonActorFirst

Clubs shouldn't be counting on an owner just as a benefactor.

Shahid Khan

CountingOwnerJustBenefactorClubs

For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters.

Nicole Appleton

MeNeverAnythingRivalryBeing

Circumstances don't make a person; they reveal him or her.

Richard Carlson

PersonCircumstancesHimRevealHer

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