Plebiscitary Politics Quotes

#1. As the sweaty, alcohol fuming bodies press in on me from all directions I decide that my ideal of a good time is reading a good novel, alone

Rita Stradling

#2. I live on my books. on my writings, i live on my royalties: the percentage an author recieves on each sold copy. and i am proud of it. i am so even though such percentage is small or i should say irrelevant.

Oriana Fallaci

#3. I will take no more physick, not even my opiates; for I have prayed that I may render up my soul to God unclouded.

Samuel Johnson

#4. The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.

Al Gore

#5. I was raised by a formidable woman. She always pushed me to be competitive in a man's world. That's maybe one of the attractions to journalism in the beginning. It was a male profession, and I was comfortable in that.

Maria Shriver

#6. It's not in either my personal or business interest to be a highly visible person.

Jerry Speyer

#7. The soul grows by subtraction, not addition.

Henry David Thoreau

#8. I am perfectly qualified to give you an injection. You're not going to tell me you're afraid of a little prick?"
"I wouldn't call you that ...

Anthony Horowitz

#9. I wish I was more adventurous.

Matthew Bourne