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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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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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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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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It's an interesting but useless bit of information that every single character in 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' wears a wig, and many of them wears a prosthetic - false ears, feet, hands. In my case, nose.
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Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks.
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-the unpunished crime is never regretted. We weep over the consequence, not over the fault.
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
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I was a mime. I'm not kidding. I went to Northwestern University and they have a mime company, so we did a lot of training and then a lot of mime shows around Chicago.
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There's nothing like having somebody that loves every single bit of you, and that you love the same way, to actually, really share it with.
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I am not the one who has to try to beat me.
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I am concerned that Millennials are stressed out. They have a higher suicide rate than other generations at their same age. They have the highest diagnosis of depression at their age than other generations. I think we have raised a generation that does not know how to be sad. They are programmed for success and the threat of failure is devastating.
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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.
