David Blunkett Quotes

Politics is only worthwhile if you are doing what you believe, regardless of the slings and arrows.

David Blunkett

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• I believe politicians should always remain realistic.

  

  Eduard Shevardnadze
  • Believe
  • Always
  • I Believe

• We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.

  

  Tabatha Coffey
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Heart

• If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.

  

  Gary Speed
  • Time
  • Career
  • Change

• The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.

  

  Xavier Rudd
  • Music
  • Believe
  • Change

• There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Country

• I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • God
  • Believe
  • Heart

• I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • Believe
  • History
  • Knowledge

• Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to divine authorship, and each makes incompatible claims about how we all must live.

  

  Sam Harris
  • People
  • Believe
  • Live

• I want to learn about a different religion. I grew up Catholic, but my grandfather was Jewish. Knowledge about other religions can help you understand your own better. I think it's kind of hypocritical to believe one thing and don't know about any others.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Different

• I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Believe
  • Man
  • Fire

• I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.

  

  Laura Marling
  • Believe
  • Job
  • Know

• To get important work done, most leaders organize people into teams. They believe that when people collaborate toward a common goal, great things can happen. Yet in reality, the whole is often much less than the sum of the parts.

  

  Adam Grant
  • People
  • Work
  • Great

• I strongly believe in political activity that has to do with choices - and not consensus that sometimes covers problems and doesn't resolve them.

  

  Edi Rama
  • Believe
  • Political
  • Choices

• Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important.

  

  Zendaya
  • Believe
  • Important
  • Vision

• I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Up
  • Work
  • Believe

• I believe the universe has great plans for us. When you are young, you don't learn that.

  

  Iman
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Universe

• There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.

  

  Olivia De Havilland
  • Believe
  • Find
  • Chemistry

• The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at the end of the day, it shall make the right choices and take the right decisions.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Believe
  • Day
  • Trust

• In theatre, previews are the first draft of a show. I strongly believe that. The only way we can truly tell whether that draft works is by having an audience present.

  

  John Tiffany
  • Believe
  • Present
  • Theatre

• It's really great if people actually want to see something that you've made and you've put a lot of effort into. And that doesn't always happen, and there's not always a rhyme or reason.

  

  Kelly Macdonald
  • People
  • Great
  • Effort

• When my grandmother was alive, she used to tell me that every time God creates a soul in heaven, he creates another to become its special mate. And that once we're born, we begin our search for our soul mate, the one person who's the perfect fit for our mind and body. They lucky oens find each other.

  

  Lurlene McDaniel
  • Time
  • God
  • Mind

• It was really unusual to go from being in university for four years to all of a sudden acting every day. I'd never been able to do it exclusively like that. It was always sort of like my secret thing that I did privately.

  

  Mackenzie Davis
  • Day
  • Acting
  • Everyday

• And religion causes most of the problems, war, and economics of course, and study your history or you're going to repeat it; and if you're burning a Harry Potter book you need some serious counseling, you don't get it, you're missing the whole point.

  

  Michael Berryman
  • Book
  • Serious
  • Courses

• Politics is only worthwhile if you are doing what you believe, regardless of the slings and arrows.

  

  David Blunkett
  • Believe