Democracy is not just about voting but about informed voting. If democracy doesn’t have access to reliable sources of information and instead relies on social proof, then there is no way of distinguishing between junk evidence and actual knowledge. Jens Martin Skibsted Read Quote
I was raised by two women, and that laid the groundwork for the way I treat ’em: with the utmost respect and admiration. Jimmy Connors Read Quote
When writing about Edinburgh, I place my characters in the parts of the city that I myself have lived in, or else know well, those being the Southside, Marchmont in particular, where I lived as a student, and the New Town/Stockbridge area where I live now and have done for the past 30 years. Joan Lingard Read Quote
When people started recognising me as a ‘chocolate hero,’ I switched on to action movies and became an action star. I kept reinventing myself. it was a continuous process. Prosenjit Chatterjee Read Quote
You ask me, I feel like I’ve got a matchup against anybody. It doesn’t matter who it is. Paul Millsap Read Quote
Economics is a choice between alternatives all the time. Those are the trade-offs. Paul Samuelson Read Quote
I have a Bible study that my friends and I go to here in L.A. I go to church every Sunday. I’ve always been a believer. I love singing. I don’t have the best voice – I just love getting my emotions out. Kellan Lutz Read Quote
He kind of makes me ill, David Cameron. I liked the old-fashioned Tory – like Winston Churchill, who had style. But Cameron’s like a new breed – computer-generated. I hate it. Pete Doherty Read Quote
I want to be the girl who has a positive influence on people’s lifestyle. I don’t want to be the girl who has an eating disorder, and that’s why she looks the way she looks. Lauren Alaina Read Quote
