"And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale."

-- Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn

#War Quotes #People Quotes #Socialism Quotes

“School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?”
“Chinese people today have strong demand for culture, but we need effective supply, and China needs innovative cultural products.”
“I'm a channel surfer when it comes to radio, a little bit of everything.”
“When we travel for research our strategy is to simply move from kitchen to kitchen. It's truly a wonderful way to travel - food shopping, cooking and eating in one home for lunch and then another for dinner. The process of cooking takes us immediately into the rituals and rhythms of daily life and also places us firmly in the position of learners. We were meet with incredible generosity by all of the families we ate with.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“If the designers of X Windows built cars, there would be no fewer than five steering wheels hidden about the cockpit, none of which followed the same principles â€“ but youâ€™d be able to shift gears with your car stereo. Useful feature that.”
“I don't like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick. Everything is so designed and airbrushed and Botoxed, it makes us think, 'Oh, everybody's perfect except me. Everything's smooth except me.' But nothing is smooth.”
“The only reason that they say, 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.”
“Most acts of assent require far more courage than most acts of protest, since courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation.”

Source : Nigel Forbes Dennis (1949). “A Sea Change”

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