"I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining."

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Source : "Labour conference: Ed Miliband speech in full". www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2010.

Ed Miliband

#School Quotes #Years Quotes #Shining Quotes

“Desks are terrible places, no matter how many wheels a chair might have. You can't do much about how drawers fill up.”
“The most incredible thing about my career is that I had one.”
“Nature always springs to the surface and manages to show what she is. It is vain to stop or try to drive her back. She breaks through every obstacle, pushes forward, and at last makes for herself a way.”
“A country girl can talk her way out of a ticket.”
“Some of my best friends are Venture Capitalists, but let's face it, a hamster with Alzheimer's could make those kind of numbers. It's great work if you can get it.”
“My goal is to try to avoid a regular job.”

Source : "Clara Hughes, retired but still in motion". Interview with Nicole Baute, www.thestar.com. April 15, 2010.
“The rules have changed as information and technology evolve, but it's essential that people stay in the streets, stay visible in their communities, on the news, on the Internet, and in this crucial public discussion. There are a million people just like you (or me), sharing the same doubts, fears, and insecurities that keep us from speaking out. Finding each other in our neighborhoods, online, in the streets - this is what keeps us from believing we're alone, from giving in to hopelessness.”
“Sometimes I joke that I'm an Elizabethan who's had the misfortune to be alive during the reign of the wrong Elizabeth.”

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