David Blunkett Quotes
Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.
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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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We try and reflect that there's a lot of optimism, there's a lot of positive things that are happening in 'Silicon Valley'.
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I'll tell you, I've never particularly been a 'Trek' person. I feel about 'Trek' the way one feels about known, vaguely liked, but rather distant members of one's family.
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... I still have sympathy for some of the people who've fallen from grace in Washington. The feeding frenzy can be so unforgiving, especially in this day of nonstop cable news.
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My experience - I'll never know what happens behind closed doors or why I don't get hired for something, but I've never had an experience that made me feel any less than.
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I write down the three measurements which Lou and I agreed are central to knowing if the company is making money: net profit, ROI and cash flow.
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Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.
