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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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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There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.
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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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I think I can try the film world out for a while.
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I've always known that I was born to sing, ever since I was a child.
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We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.
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I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not.
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People who have children, by and large, want children. People who don't want children are people who, by and large, don't want to have children. And why would you expect one set to be happier than another?
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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This Congress is serious about doing everything we can to help local, state and federal officials respond to this crisis.
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Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.
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I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that.
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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.
