Shall I make you a cup of tea? He asked. It was the classic response to crisis practiced throughout these islands—in England, Scotland, and elsewhere. Emotional turmoil, danger, even disaster could be faced with far greater equanimity if the kettle was switched on. War has been declared! There’s been a major earthquake! The stock market has collapsed! Oh really? Let me put the kettle on….


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Mayhem achieved, boredom relieved
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We must have seen 600 clients and agencies before we launched the paper. We talked them through it -...
CAROLYN MCCALL
Our integrated marketing and retail strategy aimed to put the Guardian in the hands of as many peopl...
CAROLYN MCCALL
[Because advertisements generally cost less in tabloids than in broadsheets, the paper has focused o...
CAROLYN MCCALL
Our September ABC is a very strong performance which has exceeded our expectations.
CAROLYN MCCALL
Two weeks ago we celebrated the highest ever sale in the Guardian's 184-year history. Seven days lat...
CAROLYN MCCALL
Extraordinary measures were required and I realize that not all of these steps were popular.
TOM MCCALL
I'm not sure I expected us to be this deep at the beginning of the season. We've got a lot of player...
AMELIA MCCALL
The exciting thing to me is I don't think we've peaked yet. When we get every aspect of our game wor...
AMELIA MCCALL
It's great to see Jennie have a game like this. We had confidence in her taking those shots. When yo...
AMELIA MCCALL
If it was our third year in a row in the cellar, then I might be upset. We'll keep doing this. A few...
MIKE MCCALL
She has absolutely just taken this to a whole new level. She deserves a lot of credit.
BETH MCCALL
I tried to tell them they should pick someone else. I know nothing about golf. I've never even hit a...
BETH MCCALL
We realized that we really had to make the Classic one of the major focuses of our fundraising. We r...
BETH MCCALL
The company continues to insist on concessions with no rhyme or reason. There?s been give-and-take o...
DAVID MCCALL
You name it, I took it. Cocaine, ecstasy, even heroin ? although I never injected... I had a job so ...
DAVINA MCCALL
Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the straight line, thou shalt see...
WILLIAM MCCALL
This is the worst ran department in the state of Tennessee. Swear to God it is.
BOYCE MCCALL
You don't want your children playing out in the yard because those heavy metals are horrible.
BOYCE MCCALL
Dust settles every night. We have a black car. We get up the next morning and it looks golden.
BOYCE MCCALL
If Hitch were a person, he'd be Mother Theresa or Gandhi or someone who treated all living creatures...
MCCALL HOYLE
It's not about sour grapes. It's about a fair shot.
ED MCCALL
The Talmud states, "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love merc...
BRIDGES MCCALL
To pull this together in such a short time, and for the public to respond so wholeheartedly is amazi...
DAVINA MCCALL
I'm afraid you have to leave us -
DAVINA MCCALL
They're all... looking... a little... nervous right now
DAVINA MCCALL
I knew it was really, really popular when my granny told me she watched it, and was addicted. When y...
DAVINA MCCALL
The people who go into that house are a cross section of British culture. They're not freaks.
DAVINA MCCALL
He's such a lovely fellow, that Lester Piggott.
DAVINA MCCALL
It's easy to present - out with a very, very rowdy crowd talking to the camera,
DAVINA MCCALL
I can't believe you are showing no remorse.
DAVINA MCCALL
We knew coming in that this would be a litmus test for our team. Who better to see where you're at t...
JIM MCCALL
Our labor agreement was one that the membership overwhelmingly ratified, and it turned out to be a p...
DAVID MCCALL
Our labor agreement was one that the membership overwhelmingly ratified, and it turned out to be a p...
DAVID MCCALL
Do not wait and hope to be discovered...make yourself so you cannot be denied!
JAMIE MCCALL
We've eight players involved in the panel, and that would be a big lump out of our squad,
MARK MCCALL
It's a chance for us to show off to these companies.
DEAN MCCALL
We are just geeks who want to pull the two cities together and pool our resources.
DEAN MCCALL
The project (we) are working on is a community based, public-need project. The people we are focusin...
DEAN MCCALL
See it, learn it, do it ALL.
JAMIE MCCALL
He was all right in high school. Girls liked him. He was cool.
DON MCCALL
We rode bikes together sometimes.
DON MCCALL
Some of the guys who come in my barber shop said they saw him and he was saying to come down to the ...
DON MCCALL
As a coach, you remain optimistic. You go into every battle, every contest, thinking if we do what's...
ED MCCALL
You're playing against a stacked deck. I think that's all we're asking for was a fair shot for our c...
ED MCCALL
It wasn't about kicking them out. This was not a proposal made out of sour grapes.
ED MCCALL
We've got mobile homes rolled into mobile homes. We've got mobile homes blown into houses. It's all ...
DAVID MCCALL
Our labor agreement was one that the membership overwhelmingly ratified, and it turned out to be a p...
DAVID MCCALL
There's an advantage to belonging to an international. One obvious thing (affecting union members) i...
DAVID MCCALL
There's an advantage to belonging to an international.
DAVID MCCALL
We've broadened people's responsibilities, and we are far more productive than we use to be.
DAVID MCCALL
Many of these people have never, ever had a livable wage. It will also give them benefits like paid ...
DAVID MCCALL
We do not want people to be here. We want them out of harm's way.
FRANK MCCALL
You never say never. People in Florida never saw anything like [Hurricane] Andrew.
FRANK MCCALL