#wards

I can never be perfectly certain whether Helen was got with child by Leonard Bast or by his fatal forgotten umbrella. All things considered, I think it must have been the umbrella. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#funny #howards-end #funny

Until Genevieve I had tended towards the more dramatic type of role. ↗

— Dinah Sheridan

#genevieve #had #i #more #role

Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#attempt #been #change #decision-making #desire

That feeds anger, and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went for justice within Northern Ireland as well as using security well, as well as a political settlement, but surely that is the lesson. ↗

— Clare Short

#feeds #got #heavens #i #ireland

The Middle East is more angry than ever. I'm afraid that the sort of deceit on the route to war was linked to the lack of preparation for afterwards and the chaos and suffering that continuous - so it won't go away will it? ↗

— Clare Short

#afterwards #angry #away #chaos #continuous

I think that most artists are leaning towards fragile idiots. ↗

— Josh Silver

#fragile #i #i think #idiots #leaning

You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#born #families #into #know #make

I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real. ↗

— Peter Singer

#especially #europe #force #forces #i

Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.' ↗

— Arthur Smith

#backwards #better #book #delusions #excellent

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#gig #know #never #not worth it #since