Katharine Viner Quotes

The global movement of displaced people, many of whom end up in detention without hope, is one of the most pressing issues of our times.

Katharine Viner

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At school, I'd refuse to take part in biology lessons when animals were being dissected. One time, the teacher announced that we would be gassing worms. So I ran around the room, gathered up all the worms and set them free in the fields. I just loved animals and couldn't bear the thought of them suffering.

Imelda May
- Up
- Time
- School
Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.

P. L. Travers
- Up
- Friends
- Age
When you built television sets, you have all this test equipment. And you'd have all these lines and squares on the screen to test it. So it occurred to me that it might be fun for people to control the lines and squares on the screen.

Ralph Baer
- People
- Fun
- Control
A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?

J. D. Hayworth
- People
- Think
- Question
I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman.

Aaron Carter
- Up
- Girl
- Hand
'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.

Maggie Rowe
- People
- Good
- Real