Dido Harding Quotes

I wasn't a particularly brilliant student, but on the other hand, I was very active in Student Union affairs and in student politics.

The main aim of conservative politicians is to get through to the next election without being noticed. Nothing is more embarrassing to them than a person who claims not only to share their beliefs but also to be inclined to put them into practice.

When I was a young co-ed at Arizona State University, my sister was the president of the College Republicans. I was her secretary.

My political career began on the other side of the fence from the liberal filmmaker Michael Moore - both literally and figuratively. As a young intern for the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign, I was tasked with attending a Moore rally four days before the general election.

It was my dream to come to Oxford and study political science.

I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.

I taught policy and politics for seven years at a university. I told my students lobbyists are not a bad thing; they're absolutely vital.

I am a political human being. I have - that's one of my interests. I studied political science in college. I was actually going to get my Ph.D. in poli-sci. And a lot of my material from early on in my career dealt with politics, so I've always considered myself as somebody who enjoys political humor. So I'm not going to stop.

The first time I began to really think about politics was in fifth grade, during President Reagan's first term.

I love it! You know, when I tour college campuses, I always find that the prettiest girls in the room are the ones in the College Republicans.

My first passion is politics.

I'm very much engaged in the political battles, but I'm doing it as a supporter of Republicans out of conservatism rather than an active candidate.

I am a political animal.

I could not think higher of Governor Palin. She is a force of nature and has inspired a generation of women to really get actively involved in politics and, more importantly, take their culture back and take their country back.

In the U.S. - and elsewhere - successful parties need a storyline that voters can relate to, an intelligible plot of some sort, especially now that so many older, formal ideologies have lost force. For proof of this, one has only to look at Margaret Thatcher's career and ideas.

What I love to do is the policy. The politics, I'm brand-new at.

Harveys opened against the backdrop of Thatcher's greed culture.

I hadn't really thought about politics as a career in my twenties or early thirties.

Florida A&M University was my first real introduction to politics as a heavyweight game.

In political science, public support doesn't have a reverse gear. It always goes forward.

I wasn't the student body this, student body that. I was not much into running for office.

My paternal grandma was a raving Thatcherite, one who had a xenophobic turn of phrase for most proceedings.

I don't know why, but I've had an interest and passion for politics.

I have a friend who's extremely into politics, and I learned a lot from them.

I started in politics as a fresh graduate wanting to make a difference, by bringing more political awareness and interest to young people.