I got into New College, Oxford. The ethos was that you could work - or not.
People will say what they want to say, in the way they want to.
I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.
Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.
Rees's First Law of Quotations: When in doubt, ascribe all quotations to George Bernard Shaw.
Lord Castlerosse was taken to task by Nancy Astor over the size of his stomach. 'What would you say if that was on a woman?' she asked, pointedly. 'Half an hour ago it was,' he replied.