Barbara Castle Quotes
There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.

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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.
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Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.
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Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up.
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Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.
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As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
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A lot of people have the misconception that, as a Muslim woman, I am somehow against women wearing bikinis. No, I want women to feel comfortable and confident in whatever they wear.
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I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.
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Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.
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The incentive for digging up gossip has become so great that people will break the law for the opportunity to take that picture. Then it crosses the line into invasion of privacy. The thing that's really bad about it, though, is that the tabloids don't tell the truth.
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I can be more cold than people would like me to be.
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I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.
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After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
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I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.
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I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.
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I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.
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It's just kinda irritating to me that we're awarding people in mixed martial arts for trying to move away and not finish the fight.
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I don't know if it is of any joy to humiliate people. No matter what, whether you're high in life or low in life, humiliation and such kinds of things should just be ignored. I don't derive any pleasure from running people down.
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I'm interested in animation. I actually feel like I've learned so much about the process how to make an animated movie.
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Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again, just by being around him and talking.
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The good thing is I didn't feel like anyone was going to judge me on 'Glee.'
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I'm just trying to create a working knowledge of my body. So it knows what to expect.
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Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.