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		The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised a political and military, if not economic, hegemony on the culture as a whole. The idea of democracy was first born and practised here.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry David 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naomie Harris 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Danica McKellar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Miliband 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vince Lombardi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Venerable Bede 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great cities of the United Kingdom. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Bright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe in the power of media. I really do. It's my soapbox. And I do have an agenda, because I'm enraged by the limitations forced on people - by poverty, oppression, hatred, fear - and I'm saddened by the kind of loss we all experienced due to the contributions that people cannot make because of their circumstances. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jenji Kohan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mom gets so upset at me when I say stuff in the press about anything political, and it drives me crazy because I say to my mom: 'I can't be on the side of any sort of war and I'm not going to be.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jake Shears 
			 
			
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		The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised a political and military, if not economic, hegemony on the culture as a whole. The idea of democracy was first born and practised here. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tariq Ali