“It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.”

You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.

Why get rid of Chamberlain to put in Halifax? It’s like getting rid of the organ-grinder to put in the monkey.

Large motorway flyovers are the cathedrals of the modern world.

And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people’s morale.

He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.

Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.

I remember people who’d had a lot of hardship during the war. They’d thought we’d won.

I will fight for what I believe in until I drop dead. And that’s what keeps you alive.

Think, think, think. It will hurt like hell at first, but you’ll get used to it.

And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.

I have never consciously exploited the fact that I am a woman. I wouldn’t dare try that even if I knew how to. I have too much respect for my male colleagues to think they would be particualrly impressed.

In politics, guts is all.

Crying to God for five minutes is equal to one hour of meditation.

Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.

It’s never really fun to have to cry in a scene or anything like that.

Just to be a functioning adult in the world, we develop all of these layers of protection. When we see homeless people, we don’t cry, even though homeless people probably deserve our tears – you know, it’s a horrible thing.

It’s never really fun to have to cry in a scene, or anything like that. I just try to put myself in the characters position, and that helps. It’s never really fun, but at the same time

Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?

We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too.

Consoling a miserable soul, wiping the tears of a crying person is greater than any worldly achievement.