David Blunkett Quotes
I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest.
David Blunkett
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Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.
Farley Mowat
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When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the formal stuff that was going on by using colour, because colour kind of came naturally to me.
Damien Hirst
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As an announcer, 'The Price Is Right' is the mother of all shows not only because of its legacy, but because it is by far the most demanding game show.
Randy West
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
Dan O'Brien
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I have a speech impediment because I slur a lot, and they even make fun of me on 'Cougar Town' because there's certain word combinations that I just can't say.
Ian Gomez
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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
Dan Quayle
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It's important to make women feel confident, because I think they are more important than men.
Azzedine Alaia
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Arizona's forest fires are not waiting for April, and neither will we. That is why I am pushing for stepped up deployment for Hot Shot wildfire crews in March rather than April, in order to better prepare for the expected fires in northern Arizona.
Rick Renzi
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Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the best policy.
Ian Mckellen
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Throughout much of history, women writers have capitulated to male standards, and have paid too much heed to what Virginia Woolf calls "the angel in the house." She is that little ghost who sits on one's shoulder while one writes and whispers, "Be nice, don't say anything that will embarrass the family, don't say anything your man will disapprove of ..." [ellipsis in original] The "angel in the house" castrates one's creativity because it deprives one of essential honesty, and many women writers have yet to win the freedom to be honest with themselves.
Erica Jong
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I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest.
David Blunkett