David Blunkett Quotes
When I first came into parliament, there was, on average, a by-election every three months - due not to MPs bailing out, but because of the death rate.David Blunkett
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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
Karl Liebknecht -
The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.
Jack Welch -
I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
Anton Zaslavski -
My vision of the border with Mexico is that a truck from the United States going into Mexico and a truck coming from Mexico into the United States will pass each other at the border going 60 miles an hour. Yes, we should have open borders.
Gary Johnson -
Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
H. L. Mencken -
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
Taslima Nasrin
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
Saint Augustine -
The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.
C. Northcote Parkinson -
You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.' It's like... I don't think you want to hear my opinion about this.
Callie Khouri -
I didn't realize I was in an awkward phase when I was in an awkward phase. It was when I was between the ages of 9 and 11. I was homeschooled. Everything I wore was pink and sparkly. And I had an obsession with headbands. I felt like I rocked them, though!
Sabrina Carpenter -
I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
Barbara Kingsolver -
I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
Kate Winslet
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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
Fareed Zakaria -
Stay calm and aggressive.
Gabrielle Reece -
I started off in comedy, but that's just where I got my work. I've always been an actor.
Olivia Colman -
I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.
Adam DeVine -
You get into this situation, performing for T.V., where you have to speak with utter sincerity. It's just like the radio. You have to say it like you mean it, even though the thing you're saying is actually planned out.
Ira Glass -
I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons
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There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a mistake.
Phylicia Rashad -
On my mother's side I'm Polish-Jewish, and on my father's side I'm Scottish puffin.
Tamsin Greig -
Open eyes are of little use when the mind behind them is closed.
Jim Butcher -
The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service to Him. It is never 'Do, do' with the Lord, but 'Be, be' and He will 'do' through you. The only way to keep true to God is by a steady persistent refusal to be interested in Christian work and to be interested alone in Jesus Christ.
Oswald Chambers -
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
Robert Wilson Lynd -
When I first came into parliament, there was, on average, a by-election every three months - due not to MPs bailing out, but because of the death rate.
David Blunkett