David Blunkett Quotes
The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic practices.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Prayer is man's greatest power!
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Anybody that believes that a country can be maintained that has no ethnic core to it or no linguistic core to it, I believe, is naive in the extreme.
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Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
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Every game has to teach you how to walk, run, talk, use.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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I feel very comfortable with my trajectory because I do have a life; I can go on the subway, you know? And I've been able to do that my entire career, and I have friends who are huge movie stars and can't go on the subway, and I feel like that sucks.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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I just do these 'Sleep' type tracks when the situation presents itself. I never set out to do them, like wait all day until I'm really tired or something. Gotta come natural.
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Entrepreneurship is really hard and painful - I'm not sure I'd recommend it for anyone who can't handle the extreme stress.
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One of the things I love about writing is the way you can use what you know and what you've experienced, without actually writing about yourself. I've given many of my experiences and perceptions to many of the characters in the book, but none of them is me.
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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
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But among them now were a large number of Communists in positions of great power within the new union movement, some of them actually moving close to the center of power. This was the crack in the wall through which they entered. Their power was to grow and prosper.
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Acceptance is what we wish for ourselves and often deny others.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic practices.
