To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute. James Buchanan Read Quote
I don’t carry any early childhood trauma around with me, if that’s what you’re hinting at. The story of the bicycles – and there were three of them which were stolen from me – I’ve dealt with it well. Angela Merkel Read Quote
It’s really difficult working with kids and with babies because they are not cooperative subjects: they are not socialized into the idea that they should cheerfully and cooperatively give you information. They’re not like undergraduates, who you can bribe with beer money or course credit. Paul Bloom Read Quote
With animal behavior, they’re all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage, and then they go crazy. Jeanette Winterson Read Quote
In 2004, I was on the West End stage in The Woman In White, and for every show I had to climb into a fat suit to play the obese Count Fosco. It was hard work, and unbearably hot, but I sailed through because I’d always kept myself fit. Michael Crawford Read Quote
