David Blunkett Quotes
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
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Americans are very easygoing people. If the added attention and great visibility that I have been able to generate can help open doors and expose more Chinese to American values and the American way of life, that is great.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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I've always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the edge of the cliff and deciding to jump.
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I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.
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It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.
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I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's about time that we extend that to all Americans, whether straight, gay, purple, green, black, brown.
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I busted my tail for so long, I'm just glad it's getting recognized now as part of the WWE. Because let's face it, the WWE is the biggest company out there when it comes to wrestling. I'm just happy that I'm being recognized as somebody who works hard, I guess.
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The cool thing about my show and me is that I'm a writer, and I'm a writer first if I don't have music.
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I'd say that 98 percent of the bands we've played with through the years have either broken up or are stuck in some kind of '80s revival now.
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I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'
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The antidote to frustration is a calm faith, not in your own cleverness, or in hard toil, but in God's guidance.
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Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.
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Faith in technocrats over politicians is not a trend from which Britain is exempt.
