“The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'” Quote by Tommy Lee Jones
“British politicians used to be good at misleading people without actually lying.” PeopleUsedLyingPoliticianBritishBe GoodUsed To BeMislead Author:Tim Harford
“Norway has a relationship with the EU which is very close. It has to accept most EU rules. It has to pay EU membership fees. It has free movement of people just like other EU countries, but it's not actually in the EU.” PeopleCountryPayAcceptingMovementFeesMembershipNorwayFree Movement Author:Tim Harford
“We now have political chaos. We've got parties in Ireland saying they want to merge with Northern Ireland. You've got parties in Scotland saying you want to leave the U.K. You've got the Spanish government saying it would like to take ownership of Gibraltar, which is a British overseas territory... So just the politics of this is a mess.” WantGovernmentPoliticalPartyChaosBritishMessTerritoryIrelandOwnershipScotlandNorthern Ireland Author:Tim Harford
“A lot of international companies invest in the U.K. as a base for doing business with the rest of the European Union.” CompanyUnionsInternationalEuropean Union Author:Tim Harford
“The UK had plenty of people in their country just like we have here who had the same attitudes about immigration that you find on the American left and the Democrat Party here. That the Brits, because of colonialism and because the British Empire had been so unfair to people all over the world it was time to pay the price. And you had liberals who thought that all of this was making a grand diverse society and population which would improve things in the UK.” PeopleWorldCountryLeftPartyPayAttitudeDemocratPopulationBritishImmigrationPlentyEmpiresDiverseColonialismUnfairPay The PriceBritish EmpireBritsDiverse Society Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The German birthrate is below replacement levels, meaning the population is shrinking, meaning fewer and fewer people of age to join the labor force.” PeopleAgeForceLevelsLaborPopulationFewerReplacementsShrinkingLabor Force Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If you have ever sat in a focus group in a swing state, you are 100% certain that most soft partisans make up their minds on who to vote for based on things that are totally outside of an understanding of issues.” IfsMindStatesCertainUnderstandingIssuesFocusGroupsVoteSatSwingsPartisansFocus Groups Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“[Donald] Trump won fair and square! He got 13.3 million votes. He won all over the country. He won when the race was crowded and when it was a one on one against Ted Cruz. There's just no reasonable way to keep Trump from the nomination while insisting that the will of the Republican voter is being respected.” WayCountryRaceMillionsTrumpRepublicanFairsVoteReasonableVotersSquaresCrowdedNominationsCruzInsistingOne On One Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“There are no more slow weeks. I realized this about 3 years ago. Downtime in politics isn't a thing.” YearsWeekYears AgoI RealizedDowntime Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“[Paul] Ryan won kudos both within his membership and the party base for not giving in.” GivingPartyMembershipGiving In Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza