Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes event forward grind
Writers and journalists tend to be simplistic about politics when, like all other areas of life, it's more complicated. Robert Harris areacomplicatejournalist Change image and share on social
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Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. Both men knew how to keep the show on the road. Robert Harris ciceroharoldknow Change image and share on social
Leverage is great when it works, and when it doesn't work, it creates a lot of issues. So I think if you limit the amount of leverage that people can borrow, or that banks can borrow, I think you'll find that you'll have a lot less issues going forward. Marc Lasry amountbankborrow share on social
Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it. Fran Drescher concerteventfamous Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social