“My dreams of taking the West End by storm as a dancer flickered but th...” — Betty Boothroyd Quote

“My dreams of taking the West End by storm as a dancer flickered but then faded; my father's ambition to see me in a steady office job was tried and abandoned. But I had won a national speaking award, had stood for election to the local council, had begun to travel and took a job working for the Labour Party.”

“The high reputation of Westminster abroad is not entirely reflected at home.”

“Do not let anyone get away with the argument that tearing our country out of one of the most successful partnerships in our history is somehow a great act of patriotism. It is not.”

“Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.”

“Hollywood has always been a cage... a cage to catch our dreams.”

“We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.”