“Fewer people than you might think seem to have truly enjoyed their for...” — Dawn Foster Quote

“Fewer people than you might think seem to have truly enjoyed their formative education and, for those who did not, one theme in particular recurs: the breathtaking cruelty of children.”

“Growing up poor is precisely as demeaning as you'd expect, and while forgiving bullies is easy, reliving those experiences emotionally is deeply upsetting.”

“Equality legislation, and audits on gender pay gaps, ethnicity and disability, - within companies and public authorities - all aim to stamp out the informal transfer of power through social networks, in favour of appointment through genuine merit.”

“The belief that public health measures are not intended for people like us is widely held by many people like me. Public health, we assume, is for people with less - less education, less-healthy habits, less access to quality health care, less time and money.”

“To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.”

“The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.”