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We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned.


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JAMES DEAN The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen.
JAMES DEAN Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and im...
JAMES DEAN There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
JAMES DEAN The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
JAMES DEAN You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you'...
JAMES DEAN Racing is the only time I feel whole.
JAMES DEAN Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life...
JAMES DEAN I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how ...
JAMES DEAN Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
KEVIN JAMES The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why...
JAMES WOODS I've done a lot of work in the gym preparing myself for what is certain to be pretty strenuous p...
JAMES HIBBERD Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic current...
WILLIAM JAMES Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word... but words that flew th...
JAMES HOWE The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perce...
WILLIAM JAMES Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration,...
JAMES LANKFORD I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.
JAMES FRANCO No one forgets their first love. You're experiencing all those endorphins and all that dopamine ...
JAMES MARSDEN I loved all the princess films, and I grew up with them, and I think it's really cool how they&#...
LILY JAMES You can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-a...
JAMES SUROWIECKI Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the sho...
JAMES HECKMAN Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
WILLIAM JAMES