"Thatcherism has become bigger than she ever was."

-- Jonathan Coe

“Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.”
“What I have written is but a fleeting intimation of the outside of what one man sees and may tell about the path he walks. No one shares the secret of a life; no one enters into the heart of the mystery.”
“Will none of the powers that be realize what Brian Wilson did with the chords. Deftly taking from all sources, old rock, Four Freshman, he got in his records a beautiful hybrid sound - Let Him Run Wild, Don't Worry Baby, I Get Around, Fun, Fun, Fun - 'and she had fun, fun, fun 'till her daddy took her T-bird away.'”
“Take good care of the things you have. Careless people spend more for a given standard of living.”
“I do not think that you can be changing the end of a song or a story like that, as though it were quite separate from the rest. I think the end of a story is part of it from the beginning.”

Source : Rosemary Sutcliff (2013). “The Shining Company”, p.43, Random House
“My music demands something of the listener, it is demanding music. I think that's a good thing. I'm not chiselling anything in stone or serving you any truths. Even to native Norwegian speakers, my lyrics are veiled. I'm asking questions.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“I'm the company philosopher and the burr in the saddle. I'm the one who says we need to try harder, improve the quality of our products, become a part of the political process, help elect people who are good for the environment.”
“My happiness is tied to how I feel about myself.”

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