Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal. – Donald Rumsfeld
The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times. – James Buchan
I got a phone call from Fearne Cotton. It was amazing! I literally couldnt believe it. It was so cool. It was the night before I was going on her show to sing on the Live Lounge. She was so lovely. – Birdy
