David Blunkett Quotes
We need to use all the resources at our disposal in order to prosper. We need more employment, and we need employment to be spread more fairly across society.David Blunkett
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
P. J. O'Rourke -
It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
Ferdinand Mount -
Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.
Harry Browne -
Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV.
Gary Wolf -
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.
J. D. Salinger
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I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.
Gabriel Iglesias -
I really don't have a type. I never had a type. If I could put them all together, it's, like, the most different grouping. So I love when guys are funny. I love guys that are funny and goofy and over the top. And you know, I really like personality.
Kaley Cuoco -
It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.
Dan O'Brien -
Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two.
Tadao Ando -
There isn't quite a feeling you get from playing video games that you get when you're playing sports, which is like a sense of euphoria. You just get the satisfaction of doing something active and feeling good after.
Patrick Chan -
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Washington Irving
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Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art.
Camille Paglia -
People may think I'm crazy, but one of the ways I like to wind down my Friday is to get some of our household chores done, whether it's cleaning or doing a big food shop, so the house is all nice for the weekend.
Victoria Pendleton -
I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
Sam Abell -
Our high school didn't have a crew team - we started the crew team.
Cameron Winklevoss -
Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
Sally Ride
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Knowledge of that which concerns us infinitely is possible only in an attitude of infinite concern.
Paul Tillich -
In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation.
Eduard Shevardnadze -
After all, for mankind as a whole there are no exports. We did not start developing by obtaining foreign exchange from Mars or the moon. Mankind is a closed society.
E. F. Schumacher -
Pierre Trudeau dreamed of a society that afforded all of its citizens an equal opportunity to succeed in life -- whatever their background or beliefs, whether rich or poor.
Jean Chretien -
We need to use all the resources at our disposal in order to prosper. We need more employment, and we need employment to be spread more fairly across society.
David Blunkett