“Nora. Look here, Doctor Rank - you know you want to live.”
Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet
A Doll's House (1879)
“Nora. Look here, Doctor Rank - you know you want to live.”
Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet
A Doll's House (1879)
Awkwafina (1988) actress and rapper from New York
On how her alter ego helps her cope with adulthood in “Awkwafina: ‘I was always the crazy one, the funny one. I’d do anything for a laugh’” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/17/awkwafina-oceans-8-youtube-crazy-funny-nora-lum in The Guardian (2018 Jun 17)
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist
Source: 1975, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975), Ch. 3: Senility
“Sounds cool. Looks cool. Feels cool.”
Joe Satriani (1956) American guitar player
On what he likes most about the guitar, as quoted by Metal Edge (April 1994).
James Joyce (1882–1941) Irish novelist and poet
Source: About his wife, Nora. Selected Letters of James Joyce. http://www.slate.com/id/2181165
Alan Sugar (1947) British business magnate, media personality, and political advisor
The Apprentice, Series 10
Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006) Italian writer
"The Rage of Oriana Fallaci", in The New York Observer (27 January 2003)
“The Robert Mugabe school of economics”
Vince Cable (1943) British Liberal Democrat politician
Context: The big, looming, monetary issue is "quantitative easing": that is, printing money. What happens is that the government borrows from the Bank of England, not from the markets. It expands the money supply to keep the economy going and also to counter deflation without simultaneously increasing government debt. The attractions are obvious, as are the dangers. The Robert Mugabe school of economics provides a salutary warning about uncontrolled monetary expansion in generating hyper-inflation. The road to Harare is not as long as we might hope. Monetary easing may prove to be necessary but will have to be managed with great skill and care: Too little easing and the crisis drags on – as in Japan. If there is too much, the authorities face the messy task of mopping-up liquidity by issuing bonds which add to the burden of borrowing or else we lurch back from deflation to inflation. So interest rates may soon become yesterday's story.
Robert Heller (1932–2012) British magician
2006
http://www.extensor.co.uk/articles/int_heller/interview_robert_heller.html online
Interview: Robert Heller (2006)
“Clear and cool, clear and cool,
By laughing shallow, and dreaming pool.”
Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) English clergyman, historian and novelist
Song I, st. 1. <br class="br"> Water Babies http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/wtrbs10h.htm (1863)