Iain Duncan Smith Quotes
A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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There is no must in art because art is free.
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One of the things we urge Y-Combinator companies to do is to have profitability in grasp. If you need to get profitable before your A round of money, you ought to be able to do that.
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An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid.
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You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.
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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
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I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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I've worked with homeless kids, kids in foster care, and I've never met a kid who couldn't be reached.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.
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I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.
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Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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The revolution doesn't always look perfect.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.
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I've been producing documentaries on global warming for 20 years and have seen the early warnings of extreme weather events come true.
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I try to make money infrequently, as infrequently as possible simply because I believe that rare events are not fairly valued, and that the rarer the event, the more undervalued it will be in price.
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I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.
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Socialism is practical, in the best sense of the term; a living, vital force of inestimable value to society.
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Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
