“Grief is characterized much more by waves of feeling that lessen and reoccur, it's less like stages and more like different states of feeling.” DifferentStatesFeelingsGriefStageWave Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“Imagine a State occasion where the Queen is wearing trainers with her tiara because she thinks it will make people like her better, more folksy. It's unthinkable. But that's patently the thought process Gordon Brown (or his spin doctor) went through before the Prime Minister appeared on the world stage in Beijing without his suit and tie.” PeopleThinkingWorldStatesProcessImagineStageDoctorsSuitsOccasionsMinistersQueensTiesBrownPrimePrime MinisterTrainersUnthinkableLike HerThought ProcessBeijingTiarasSuits And TiesSpin Doctors Author:Peter York
“Strong as it looks at the outset, State-agency perpetually disappoints every one. Puny as are its first stages, private efforts daily achieve results that astound the world.” WorldFirstsLooksStatesStrongResultsEffortAchieveStageAgencyDisappoint Book:Essays: Moral, Political and Aesthetic Source: Essays: Moral, Political and Aesthetic