David Blunkett Quotes
It is a mistake to separate learning for work and for community and personal development.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
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I support allowing homosexuals to serve openly in our military and eliminating the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
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It is a sad but undeniable reality that people have died in the line of duty since the earliest days of the United Nations. The first was Ole Bakke, a Norwegian member of the United Nations guard detachment, shot and killed in Palestine in 1948. The toll since then has included colleagues at all levels.
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They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
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I struggled for many, many years following 'Music and Lyrics' - I mean really struggled.
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time.
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The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.
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As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There's a select few that will never like me. They don't like what I stand for. They don't like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They're going to be negative no matter what.
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These illegal aliens are criminals and we need to treat them as such. I'm not in favor of giving amnesty to anybody who has broken the law. I applaud what our Georgia legislature is doing in trying to crack down on this situation.
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Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully in positive ways.
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I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.
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The thing that really breeds career longevity in this profession is doing good work. You can make $20 million a movie, but does that mean you'll still have a job when you're 60? It's a profession that eats people up and wants constant turnaround, so you have to dedicate yourself to learning and making the most of whatever gift you may have.
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It is a mistake to separate learning for work and for community and personal development.
