Barbara Pym Quotes

The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things, she decided, wondering how many writers and philosophers had said this before her, the trivial pleasures like cooking, one's home, little poems especially sad ones, solitary walks, funny things seen and overheard.

Barbara Pym

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Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.

Ibrahim Babangida
- Past
- Democracy
- Mistakes
Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.

Maajid Nawaz
- Made
- Tolerance
- Liberal
The fallacy of the neoclassicals is their tenet that total employment, though hit by shocks, can be said always to be heading back to some normal level.

Edmund Phelps
- Always
- Said
- Employment
My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.

G. Willow Wilson
- Time
- Different
- Career
I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''

Larry Wilmore
- People
- Me
- Daily
The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.

Rand Paul
- Life
- Real
- Debate