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My detractors, who delight in using my name as a byword for unattractiveness, will find it hard to believe, but looking in the mirror is a pleasant experience.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Believe
#Experience
#Looking
#Mirror
History is not merely a procession of people in fancy dress fighting wars. It is crucially the story of man's evolution from grunting cave dweller to serious thinker, from cruelly retributive law to merciful law, from casual barbarism to care and compassion.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Dress
#Fighting
#History
#Law
#Man
I always said it was my ambition to have a library - I have one - and my dream was to have a pool. Then 'Strictly' came along.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Always
#Ambition
#Dream
#Library
#Pool
Mice are everywhere at Westminster but many MPs, including me, did not report them because we were afraid of their possible fate.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Afraid
#Did
#Fate
#Me
#Possible
Always carry a handkerchief. Especially in television studios.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Always
#Carry
#Handkerchief
#Television
The postcode lottery means that the level of care you get differs hugely around the country, and the health service simply cannot meet every demand that is put upon it.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Care
#Country
#Health
#Lottery
#Meet
#Service
Cats are ideal for politicians. I had two when I arrived at Westminster, Sooty and Sweep, who had come with a flat I had bought six years earlier in Fulham from someone who was about to go abroad. There was a better offer ahead of me but she took mine because I would take the cats.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Ahead
#Better
#Me
#Politicians
#She
Gentle mockery or sharp satire aimed at Christians and their leaders have been replaced by abuse of Christianity itself.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Abuse
#Gentle
#Leaders
#Satire
#Sharp
I left the Church of England because there was a huge bundle of straw. The ordination of women was the last straw, but it was only one of many. For years I had been disillusioned by the Church of England's compromising on everything. The Catholic Church doesn't care if something is unpopular.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Care
#Church
#Everything
#Last
#Women
Satisfaction is a major player in the happiness stakes.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Happiness
#Major
#Satisfaction
#Stakes
In my schooldays, I was Titch, Skinny and Freckles. These days, I answer to Karloff, Fatty or even Twiggy from my more sarcastic friends. If they called me Ann I should wonder what I had done to offend them.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Answer
#Done
#Me
#Skinny
#Wonder
Cats are so wonderful because they're furry, purry and totally independent.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Because
#Cats
#Independent
#Wonderful
We have no blasphemy laws these days but with that freedom comes the responsibility which should always attend the exercise of free speech: truth, courtesy and an awareness of impact. It is the last of these which is so neglected by so much modern comedy.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Exercise
#Freedom
#Responsibility
#Truth
Great political leaders risk unpopularity, patiently explain their case and confront prejudice, bigotry and vested interests.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Great
#Political Leaders
#Political
The Arctic has huge glaciers, frozen waterfalls and floating ice. This is scenery on which man has left no mark, which has stayed unchanged for centuries, wild, bleak, hauntingly beautiful; it is a part of God's creation we have made no effort to tame.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Beautiful
#Effort
#God
#Man
#Scenery
I do not mind if a PM or leader of the opposition is single but if he or she chooses to dispense with marriage despite living with someone and having children, then I think that shows a contempt for marriage which sends an unfortunate message.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Children
#Living
#Marriage
#Mind
#She
Usually my Easter reading consists of 'Who Moved the Stone?,' which gets dusted off annually and read, often in one sitting, to remind me of the miracle of redemption, resurrection and life after death.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Death
#Easter
#Life
#Me
#Stone
The Home Office is a vast department where business as usual means that something is going wrong and, given the nature of the business, the disasters rarely lack a high profile.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Business
#High
#Home
#Nature
#Wrong
I am not an enthusiast when it comes to cities, preferring rolling scenery, wildlife and stars to museums, monuments, architecture and traffic.
- Ann Widdecombe
#Architecture
#I Am
#Scenery
#Stars
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