Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.
What is a literary festival? Imagine a sort of cross between school and church. There are no actual festivities; what there are is a lot of public readings.
It should go without saying that there are as many working-class people who hold socially liberal views as there are public-school bigots.
I remember when 'Deadwood' had first come out, there was this whole deer-in-the-headlights sense of feeling really uncomfortable with being recognized in public.
This is a bit like big-game hunting. You look for companies of a certain size that deserve to be public.
I genuinely like the people I meet at signings or the bits of public talking that I do.
I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials.
At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged.
I may be a public figure, but really, I'm just like a guy who could be in your family and have some difficult things happen to him.
I went to public school my whole life. It was a performing arts school, so I can't say if it was a typical experience or not, because it's all I know.
Only a consistent, ongoing, deep experience can make a lasting media brand: one that has a commitment from a core community and the respect of a larger reading public.
Personally, I have invested in around ten U.S. companies and will continue to do so. That doesn't give me a strong experience in the American market. But I have an understanding of the public.
Basically, there are two things we know: Everybody has less time, and the general public is demanding better food - better in terms of quality and better in terms of flavor.
It's almost seems as though there's a battle going on between the public and all the fast-food establishments, and, believe me, I think it's very tasty food.
The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.
I miss the banter with friends and family, which more often than not takes place within the confines of a decent public house. So I miss the pubs.
My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.
I understand that show business people can wear the public a bit thin when it comes to politics. I know they wear me thin.
I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.
There's a lot of books out there about how you lead change in business, but I've certainly not seen any... on how you do that in public institutions.
If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.
