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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Even though I knew I was inside the space shuttle getting ready to go fly, something about it wasn't completely real up until we got the call at about one minute to go, to close and lock our visors and start our oxygen flow. People often ask me, "What did it feel like right at the moment of launch?" And they're surprised when I tell them actually what I felt was relief. It wasn't like being anxious or scared or anything. It was relief because this is something I had wanted to do my whole life and now that the boosters had lit, we were on our way to go do it and nothing was going to stop us.
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The Earth never ceases to spin. All life is dancing : The trees, the wind, the sea. Keep dancing for the rest of your life.
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This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex.
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Yes to trade, but trade that ensures that these other countries that trade with us aren't engaging in child labor.
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You need to put your hands around the throat of your business, and you need to run it. There's no other way.
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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.
