Barbara Castle Quotes

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.

Barbara Castle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 6, 1910 - May 3, 2002

Topics

PeopleLawTestPoorWelfareRelief

Heroes are a way to remove yourself from what may be difficult concepts to talk about in your life. They're a way to get some distance and have an experience in a theater where you're confronting those issues in a way that's safer for your psyche.

Joe Russo

LifeExperienceYourselfYouWay

This is not about Republican or Democrat. It is about our children, it's about our families, it is about our country, and frankly, ladies and gentlemen, it is about the world. We've got to leave here and march, and make sure Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are president and vice president of the United States.

John Kasich

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First of all, plain and simple, you have no real idea of what it means to be famous until you become famous. It's a double-edged sword. Obviously there are a lot of amazing things about fame, but there are also a lot of challenging things about it.

Michelle Pfeiffer

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I would love to be a dad. There are plenty of comedians who have kids. But they're dads. Being a dad is so different from being a mom.

Michelle Wolf

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I look at my cell phone to see what time it is where I am, and then you behave accordingly. If people are eating, it must be time to eat.

Lisa Murkowski

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When I ask people to give, I can't be on television if they don't; I can't help people, if I don't - I mean, it takes money.

Joyce Meyer

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When you're in between the white lines, the game face is on. I was only focused on the task at hand - out, safe, ball, strike - leaving little time to think about how special a player, moment or game happened to be.

Doug Harvey

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People in the CIA, they marry each other. They're like actors! We have to travel without much warning to far-flung places, and it's very hard to communicate what our experiences are like to those in the outside world.

Claire Danes

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Now, I'm a pretty fast and avid reader. But you can't learn the same things in a book or on the Internet that you can in a personal talk with somebody.

Brian Grazer

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The collapse of the Soviet Union could not have been a source of national pride for many in Russia. The one person who has capitalized on this the most has been Vladimir Putin.

Brandon Webb

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The truth is, if anyone saw my home life, I'm pretty sure it would look like other families' around the world. There's a lot of juggling to be done.

Brooke Burke

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I've always loved hot rods and going to drag races.

William Fichtner

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