"A chair's function is not just to provide……" — Evan Davis
"A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for example. Or signalling something about oneself. That's why the words chair, seat and bench have found themselves used to describe high status professions, from academia to Parliament to the law."
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63 Quotes by Evan Davis
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Even though disciplined sleeping habits and the adrenalin of live radio ensures that we are very awake while on duty,…
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For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they…
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I've never enjoyed sleep as much until I got the 'Today' job. There is something about early sleep that's much…
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They [Harvard academia] liked the poor, but didn't like the smell of the poor.
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