“We've sweated and torn out our hair trying to reconstruct our chosen l...” — Nigel Hamilton Quote

“We've sweated and torn out our hair trying to reconstruct our chosen lives, to fashion them like literary sculptures, at once monumental and yet human. We've applied all of our intelligence, our empathy, our critical faculties, our compassion - and we think, in our delusion, that it's still 1960, and our work is going to get noticed.”

“I am all for charity in judging the men who have occupied the Oval Office over the past seventy years, given the huge responsibilities the president carries across the world.”

“I just think it would be interesting. I already applied to be a substitute teacher.”

“My view is that targets, properly constructed and applied across public services have been fundamental to past successes and will be an essential part of sustaining progress into the future.”

“It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.”