David Blunkett Quotes
Much extremist activity falls short of directly inciting people to violence or other crimes and so is not caught by laws on incitement. Neither does the Public Order Act, used to protect groups of people from harassment, deal with the problem.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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How often do we see a Muslim woman who is intelligent and independent, and has a voice of her own and is career-driven, on American TV?
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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I'm not a proper traveler. I don't like to be challenged or have too much of a change and prefer a week away just to relax.
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All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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I do have a television over there - it was a gift - but I never turn it on. I'd rather read a book.
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Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine.
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You can't take good health for granted.
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I sat out a few years because I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do next. So many things were changing in music and in culture, so it seemed like a good time to step back.
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
Mandy Bujold
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If we despond, public confidence is destroyed, the people will no longer yield their support to a hopeless contest, and American liberty is no more. Through the darkness which shrouds our prospects, the ark of safety is visible. Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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The oceans are the last free place on the planet.
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I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race.
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Much extremist activity falls short of directly inciting people to violence or other crimes and so is not caught by laws on incitement. Neither does the Public Order Act, used to protect groups of people from harassment, deal with the problem.
