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David Blunkett Quotes

I was affected by the harshness of government, the reality of 16-hour days, and the pressures of modern communications.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: british
Birth: June 6, 1947

Topics

Government Reality Days Modern

If every person charged with a crime was allowed to claim money from the authorities when their case was dropped, our police would end up spending all their time defending claims for compensation.

Time Money Police End Person Crime

The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts.

America Ferrera

Truth Me Random Truth Is Story Name

It's pretty cool to be called a champion.

Cool Champion Pretty

I remember Mitch Miller saying every week, This rock and roll stuff will never last. But one doesn't like to bring that up to Mitch.

Rosemary Clooney

Saying Rock And Roll Remember Week

'War on Everyone,' I think... the script was hilarious to me, but it's very dark, dark humor. It's super dark.

Humor War Me Think Dark Everyone

Growing up I was a total movie-holic, but I always wanted to play the role that Clark Gable was playing or Spencer Tracy was playing. I was really never interested in the parts that women were playing. I found the parts that guys were playing were so much more interesting.

Women Growing Up Interesting Play Up

I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't.

Success Good Football Believe Bad

So I'm in quite the wrong profession obviously.

Wrong Profession Quite Obviously

Our artists and writers should not be forced like soldiers to die on foreign soil or to return wounded and crawl famously into a hole.

Die Soil Soldiers Return Artists

All the traditional models for doing things are collapsing; from music to publishing to film, and it's a wide open door for people who are creative to do what they need to do without having institutions block their art.

Music Art Creative People Door Need

I'm a big fan of huge populations of people, so you'd think with 300 million people in the country, you don't even have to please 1% to be phenomenally successful.

People Think You Country Successful

Some of my colleagues are unwilling to vote for any Dodd-Frank reforms, partly out of the political fear that any reforms will be seen as reducing regulations on the financial sector.

Fear Colleagues Financial Political

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