Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

Playing the villain, bringing her to life, is the most fun because there really are no rules. ”

People are still programmed to think that if your child doesn't get straight As, get A-levels and go to a Russell Group university, that somehow they are not going to achieve in life. I think that's sad. ”

Politics changes lives. You would expect me, as a politician, to say that. But I don't say it as a politician: I say it as someone whose own life was changed. ”

At 16, out of school and pregnant, my own life could have been written off. It was the help I had from some of the then Labour government's policies such as Sure Start that turned it around. ”

We need radical, transformative solutions to address the inequality that is blighting millions of people's lives. ”

To give every child a fair chance to succeed, we need to give them the best possible start in life. For far too many that isn't happening. ”

Some of the Tories say, 'She left school at 16, she doesn't have a university degree, what does she know about education?' I say, I may not have a degree - but I have a Masters in real life. ”

Half of those people who experience mental health difficulties do so before the age of 14. The problems begin early - so early interventions are essential. ”

To grow up in the neighborhood of handicapped people was an important experience for me. I learned back then to treat them in a very normal way. ”

I have a relatively sunny spirit, and I always had the expectation that my path through life would be relatively sunny, no matter what happened. I have never allowed myself to be bitter. ”