David Blunkett Quotes

I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest.

David Blunkett

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• The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • World
  • Find
  • Difficult

• There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Women
  • Culture
  • Passion

• If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition, I would say don't memorize the script... The reality about auditions is that 98 percent of the results has to do with what you are, not with what you did in the audition.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Reality
  • Advice
  • Young

• Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Work
  • Country
  • Me

• I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.

  

  Gareth Bale
  • People
  • Famous
  • Numbers

• War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • War
  • Political
  • Military

• There are no secrets - I've been fighting around 154 lbs and 155 lbs, so I feel comfortable at this weight. This is my weight class.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Fighting
  • Feel
  • Secrets

• I want people to remember me as a guy who works hard.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • People
  • Remember
  • Guy

• What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • World
  • Mind
  • America

• 'Sicario' was successful, but it was successful because Denis and the producers were, you know, they were very lean. It was very lean filmmaking.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Know
  • Successful
  • Filmmaking

• I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Life
  • Day
  • Best

• If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror.

  

  Hamid Karzai
  • People
  • War
  • Terrorism

• Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.

  

  Farley Mowat
  • Die
  • Will
  • Without

• 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
  • Great
  • School
  • Abstract

• 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
  • Mother
  • Game
  • Legacy

• 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
  • Work
  • Different
  • Best

• 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
  • Fun
  • Me
  • Word

• I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Known
  • Grave
  • Chief

• I love a lot of Irish folk music and Irish folk songs.

  

  Andrew Hozier-Byrne
  • Music
  • Irish

• The Catholic Church is an innately conservative rock - they call themselves the 'rock of Peter' - and its resistance to change is, ironically, what has kept it constant throughout the ages.

  

  Gabriel Byrne
  • Change
  • Church
  • Rock

• I like a lot of independent brands - Melbourne's Kloke, Handsom and Neuw Denim, and Bassike in Sydney. It's easier to be proud of what you're wearing if you've met the people behind the brand and there's more of a personal story.

  

  Nicholas James Murphy
  • People
  • Proud
  • Independent

• High leverage is unsafe, not just for a company but the entire economy... LBOs are reducing the safety. Management loses the power to do many things. It has no margin for error and less margin for additional risk.

  

  Franco Modigliani
  • Risk
  • Safety
  • Management

• Painting with all its technicalities, difficulties, and peculiar ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle of thought, but by itself nothing.

  

  John Ruskin
  • Language
  • Painting
  • Technicalities

• I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest.

  

  David Blunkett
  • Honesty