In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority.

Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now, let alone any more, is well known.

My learning process is by eye alone it's not at all scientific.

As a child, I wanted only two things - to be left alone to read my library books, and to get away from my provincial hometown and go to London to be a writer. And I always knew that when I got there, I wanted to make loads of money.

Surely being a Professional Beauty - let alone an ageing one - is one of the most insecure and doomed careers imaginable.

But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.

I feel so good after a workout. Any time you can be alone with yourself is really important.

I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.