A high proportion of the population enjoys many of the ‘luxuries' which until recently were considered the prerogative of the rich; and the ordinary worker lives at what even two decades ago would have been considered in Britain a middle-class standard of life. Anthony Crosland
I have to admit that until recently I was somewhat wary of the warming debate. But I believe it is now our responsibility to take the lead on this issue. Rupert Murdoch
There are a lot of sacrifices a mother makes when she's raising a child by herself. I saw it when I was growing up, watching all my mother did for me. But it wasn't until recently that I fully understood the price she paid because of how we had to struggle. Christina Applegate
This effort is shared with other Indian intellectuals, e. g. with Claude Alvares who shows how "attempts were made to destroy non-Western technologies”, and until recently if not today, "even the idea that other cultures may have had thriving technologies was calculatingly destroyed.”. Koenraad Elst
Until recently we were a trio. Before that, a quartet. Perhaps it's just me, but I'm beginning to detect a trend. Alastair Reynolds
I'd like to do a comedy with Emma Thompson. I admire her as an actress so much. I love her. And I didn't know it until recently that her whole career started in comedy. Gene Wilder