David Cameron Quotes
I care deeply about those who struggle to get by - but I believe the best thing to do is help them stand on their own two feet. And no, that’s not saying, 'You're on your own,' but, 'We are on your side, helping you be all you can.' And I believe in something for something; not something for nothing.
Quotes to Explore
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When you grow up in a place, you always think it's mundane. Then you travel around and live in different places, and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.
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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.
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Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
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I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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The coming-of-age story has sort of become a joke. It's something to capitalize on, and that is painful because when you are coming of age - when you are going through something like that - the genre is so meaningful.
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Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
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It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know.
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I spent a lot of time in boarding school. This is something I will never do to my kids. I think if you're having kids, then you have to take care of them; otherwise, what's the point? There are many things that parents say are good for the kids, but the truth is they say that because it is good for the parents.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.
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The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
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A lot of the world turns into checklists for me when I'm on the road. Like, OK, this person's alive, this person's fed, this person's good. Soundcheck is done. Everything becomes a checklist except for the actual show.
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I can't be sure of exactly when and how North Korea will change. But I do believe it will happen, hopefully in my mother's lifetime.
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I am a seasoned performer.
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I do not believe that I will ever write an adult novel from an animal's point of view unless someday it becomes suddenly appealing to me to make a narrator a mentally ill pet. Never say never.
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Why do we stop believing in ourselves? Why do we let facts and figures and anything but dreams rule our lives?
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I care deeply about those who struggle to get by - but I believe the best thing to do is help them stand on their own two feet. And no, that’s not saying, 'You're on your own,' but, 'We are on your side, helping you be all you can.' And I believe in something for something; not something for nothing.
