[Edward and Elinor are baiting Margaret, who is playfully hiding] Edward Ferrars: I, eh, wish to check the position of the Nile. My sister tells me it is in South America. Elinor Dashwood: Oh. No. No, um, she's quite wrong, um, for I believe it is in...
Congress is not an ATM.
You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try.
We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-...
For decades I have tried to peel back the layers of mystery surrounding many marine creatures, though most have held tightly to their secrets. One animal that keeps me pondering is the shark. Spellbound by these enigmatic animals since I first encoun...
Washington's a cesspool of money.
Change is no threat to culture.
Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.
Politics is not about money.
Giving the rugged repairman the eye was one thing -- but Charity had no intention of snogging away a whole rainy afternoon when she was supposed to be catching up on her work. Lady Margaret was counting on her! But then again, Lady Margaret didn't ha...
I'm certainly not an uptight home owner.
Writing is the handmaiden of leadership.
My family were from Jamaica.
The study of music was a family interest.
The Thames is liquid history.
At home, I relax by gardening, or just pottering.
There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.
Me, I don't need money.
Money in politics is a huge issue.
Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: You've got to. Brick Pollitt: I don't have to do anything I don't want to! Now, you keep forgetting the conditions on which I agreed to stay on living with you. Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: I'm not living with you! We occupy ...
Maltshop Guy: What's outside of Pleasantville? David: Oh, it doesn't matter. Margaret Henderson: What's outside of Pleasantville? [pause] David: There are some places that the road doesn't go in a circle. There are some places where the road keeps go...
