#artie

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see - every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties. ↗

— Graham Greene

#being #boring #even #every #everything

I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons. ↗

— William Hague

#against #been #believe #day #government

We now have a political process, we've had a period of parties that have been fighting each other quite literally with bombs and bullets, talking to each other, and having sat together in the assembly and sharing government with each other. ↗

— Peter Hain

#been #bombs #bullets #each #fighting

Most Oscar parties are pretty silly. They're really for people who like to schmooze. ↗

— Daryl Hannah

#most #oscar #parties #people #pretty

A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#i #i think #independence #local #local government

The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#because #brought #down #government #house

It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#govern #government #look #obligation #parties

You can imagine the kind of dinner parties I had to go to at a young age... pretty dull. ↗

— Prince Harry

#dinner #dinner parties #dull #go #had

I get half a million just to show up at parties. My life is, like, really, really fun. ↗

— Paris Hilton

#fun #get #half #i #just

Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#confidence #never #parties #rebuilding #succeed