David Blunkett Quotes
In primary schools, I set two main objectives - to cut infant class sizes and improve literacy and numeracy.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you.
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I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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I know some people are really comfortable with talking about their feelings and hopes and fears in public, but I'm not, and I don't think it's that extraordinary.
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Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.
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I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
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I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.
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When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.
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I have been shocked at the number of people who don't watch television.
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There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.
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I'm part Filipino, part Japanese, part Chinese, part Malaysian, and part Spanish, and all those people, they love their karaoke. So whenever my family got together, we'd all karaoke.
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I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.
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I don't think Ed Horman could be dishonest if his life depended on it.
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I believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become magazines, and all media companies will become stores. There will be too many of all of them. The strongest ones, the ones who offer the best customer experience, will survive.
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Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.
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As the years progress, what women and men will discover is that the most lasting and rewarding educational experiences come not from specific information provided in classroom lectures or assigned textbooks, but from the values obtained in active engagement in meaningful issues. We achieve for ourselves only as we appreciate the problems and concerns of others-and only as we see our own lives as part of a much greater social purpose.
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The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.
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In primary schools, I set two main objectives - to cut infant class sizes and improve literacy and numeracy.
