Iain Duncan Smith Quotes
We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.
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I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the musicianship required is kind of insane. To actually play with real jazz musicians is a different level of musicianship that almost has no equal in any other form of music in the world.
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I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
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Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.
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I was authorized to do everything that I did.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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I didn't work out with Kobe. I don't know where that came from. I wish I could have.
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I feel like every time I tweeted something that was a little opinionated, or every time I posted something on Tumblr that seemed a little private, it's all of a sudden making news relationship-wise.
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I have a pretty fast metabolism, so I don't really have to worry about getting pudgy. What I try to do when I'm working out is taking in a lot of heavy protein - clean chicken, clean meats.
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There's definitely the desire out there for young people who want to make the movies.
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I actually learned about Cyborg through the cartoon shows, and I think that's how most people learn about Cyborg.
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We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people.
