David Willetts Quotes
We do not believe in quotas. They would not only be undesirable, they would be illegal. There is legal protection for the autonomy of universities in running their own admission arrangements.
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I'm a great supporter of women who take risks and don't make victimhood into an art. It's not good for women, and it's not good for men. Too many men put all their emotional eggs in one basket - a woman's basket.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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Israel is not the safest place in the world for Jews. Melbourne in Australia is better. Teaneck, New Jersey, is safer.
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My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.
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I can feel it in my bones that no matter what we do, even if we do not do anything, the revolutionary government of Madame Cory Aquino will collapse.
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I was a huge fan of 'Game Of Thrones.' I hadn't read the books but had watched the series from the beginning.
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The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.
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A belief may be larger than a fact.
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Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.
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There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.
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I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.
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A movie set is like a petri dish for neuroses, you know? It's just, like, egos and weird personalities and, more than anything, fear.
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In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day.
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.
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I could not be one of those actors who stays in character all day long. I'd go mad.
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We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We've got to be just. We've got to speak the truth. We've got to have justice for everybody. We're a country of justice for all, not justice for non-Muslims only or some groups and not for others.
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When you play, it's like you know that there are people out there who are hearing it for the first time, and I think that's really important.
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Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put three man-years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product, and distributing it for free?
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What I do hope is things have changed, and that what happened to me won’t happen to anyone else again.
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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
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Sometimes I would buy two of the same thing just to give my friends.
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The roles I think about and can't stop thinking about - on the subway, when I'm riding my bike, when I'm running - are the things I connect to.
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We do not believe in quotas. They would not only be undesirable, they would be illegal. There is legal protection for the autonomy of universities in running their own admission arrangements.
