#d

The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#built #competition #design #did #financially

Any decision to use lethal force against a United States citizen - even one intent on murdering Americans and who has become an operational leader of al-Qaida in a foreign land - is among the gravest that government leaders can face. ↗

— Eric Holder

#among #any #become #citizen #decision

The Princess's so-called 'time and space speech' at the end of '93 about a year after the formal separation, looking back on it it's called her retirement from public life but we've seen in fact it's nothing of the kind. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#after #back #called #end #fact

They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#civil servants #diplomats #drawn #foreign #get

We could have a political movement going if it had been properly organized but the Monarchy's done itself enormous damage possibly beyond the point of long-term recovery. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#beyond #could #damage #done #enormous

Well I'm a very similar age to Prince Charles. I'm a year older than him. I was at university at the same time as him. I think in the sixties, like all the Royals, he really had very little impact on my life at all and he seemed, if anything a lot older in his attitudes. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#anything #attitudes #charles #had #him

Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#archbishop #canterbury #fairy #fairy tale #goodwill

What was funny if you were there is that we were all immensely sophisticated people who knew exactly what she was going to say and we're chatting away, nice to see you. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#chatting #exactly #funny #going #immensely

�Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love. ~Albus Dumbledore ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#love #death

He killed himself for wanting to live. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#life #suicide #death