Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised
to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.
Geoff Mulgan
I like reading about the past. I'm definitely not a history buff, but I do read a bit of history now and again, and to do that for work is really exciting.
James McAvoy
Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as well in the morning as this afternoon, seemed to be the chief of them, and a kind of prince or captain among them.
William Dampier
This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
Viggo Mortensen
We are a grassroots party. We always have been. That's been the strength of the GOP.
Michael Steele
I'm a morning person, so rising at 4-something on weekends is not a huge challenge for me. I am not, however, much of a morning eater - not at that hour, at least.
Lester Holt
In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears.
Edith Wharton
I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.
Bruce Sterling
People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.
Kate Moss
Geoff Mulgan
I like reading about the past. I'm definitely not a history buff, but I do read a bit of history now and again, and to do that for work is really exciting.
James McAvoy
Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as well in the morning as this afternoon, seemed to be the chief of them, and a kind of prince or captain among them.
William Dampier
This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
Viggo Mortensen
We are a grassroots party. We always have been. That's been the strength of the GOP.
Michael Steele
I'm a morning person, so rising at 4-something on weekends is not a huge challenge for me. I am not, however, much of a morning eater - not at that hour, at least.
Lester Holt
In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears.
Edith Wharton
I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.
Bruce Sterling
People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.
Kate Moss