David Blunkett Quotes
Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.
Quotes to Explore
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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To me, country music has always been the home for a great song.
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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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The more energy-efficient we become as a nation, the less we need to develop additional energy sources.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
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It's what Shakespeare's mission was - to illuminate our thoughts and struggles and bring about the possibility of getting the most we can out of a day as opposed to least in this brief moment we're here.
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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
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I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.
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I have to be honest - I don't love guns.
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There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.
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When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check when you need it: a mirror reflection of myself. I believe that we are a result of our family - the people who encourage us and tell us the truth about who we are which helps us to grow through their advice and wisdom.
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Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
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History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.
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I voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger 'cause I figured he can go back in the future. Put that in the act.
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I knew I would work in a community that I would like to live in, but I had no idea that I would ever go into politics, even though some of my classmates thought I would.
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In December of 2001, after September 11th, my wife, Jane Rosenthal, and Robert DeNiro asked me if I would help them create the Tribeca Film Festival. The idea was to revitalize lower Manhattan. We would show films on piers, in high schools. It was all about the community. We wanted it to be accessible to everybody.
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People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.
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Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.
