“My awakening to the fight for women's votes came when I was 13, and th...” — Emily Thornberry Quote

“My awakening to the fight for women's votes came when I was 13, and the BBC screened a drama called 'Shoulder to Shoulder' about the suffragettes, with the great Sian Phillips as Emmeline Pankhurst. It made a huge impression on me - not just the history, but because of the debates it triggered at home.”

“When one party is really unpopular, like the Conservatives in 1997, AV can really skew the result disproportionately against them.”

“It is clear that too many bankers think that laws are for the little people.”

“There was a time when a certain type of Tory could have been relied on to swing from the chandeliers in defence of the rights of freeborn Britons. I suppose a lot of those Tories would have been what you might call 'one-nation Tories.' That tradition has died in the Conservative party.”

“Given that GPs are essentially a private part of our health care system, providing services independently of the rest of the health service, NHS England is supposed to take a strategic approach to co-ordinating GP practices.”

“I bring a newness to the genre... a new reggae awakening.”

“I remember going to a son's friend's bar mitzvah, and the text that he chose to explicate was right at the beginning of Genesis. It was not about a fall from grace or a fall from perfection; it was about an awakening into consciousness, which is what it means to be human.”

“For some in my generation, Sept. 11th was a moment of political awakening. For others, the Iraq War or the financial crisis or the rise of Obama were the major events of their teenage years that began to lay the foundation for their views.”

“I did 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway for about three years, and I did over 500 performances.”

“Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team.”

“Working at 'Harper's' was an awakening experience for me. I genuinely enjoyed the process of putting together a fashion magazine.”