David Blunkett Quotes

In today's world, learning has become the key to economic prosperity, social cohesion and personal fulfillment. We can no longer afford to educate the few to think, and the many to do.

David Blunkett

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LearningTodayWorldThinkKey

I've got quite a few inspirations - the list is kind of endless!

Jess Glynne

KindGotEndlessQuiteFewList

Sometimes, instead of purchasing a commodity out and out, people want to buy only the use of it, for a longer or shorter period. The price paid for such temporary use is commonly called hire.

John Buchanan Robinson

PeoplePriceSometimesWantOutBuy

I have a lot of fun with guns, especially the M-16, but my favourite is my little .22. It fits nicely in the palm of your hand. I do limit myself to blanks.

Jeri Ryan

MyselfFunHandPalmLimitGuns

I have always admired stylishly confident women who dress with great authority. This lifelong love of elegance began with the humble wardrobe of my late grandmother Mrs. Bennie Frances Davis.

Andre Leon Talley

LoveWomenGreatHumbleDressLate

I think people took Grenada for what it turned out to be, which was a very specific incident and from which one couldn't necessarily make a lot of generalizations.

John Negroponte

PeopleThinkOutGeneralizations

My characters are not thinking about the act breaks. They're thinking about what they need to do to move forward. As long as I focus on that, the story starts to progress. As soon as I think, 'We're 20 pages in, something better blow up,' we're in trouble.

Jeff Nichols

FocusProgressForwardThinkBetter

All I want is respect.

Sonny Bill Williams

RespectWant

I believe we should celebrate new possibilities of combining the printed codex with electronic technology... The information ecology is getting richer, not thinner.

Robert Darnton

TechnologyCelebrateBelieveNew

Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.

Diane Abbott

YouTelevisionOutWatchBecause

Change is not an event, it's a process.

Cheryl James

ChangeProcessEvent

After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the house was completely furnished.

Christopher Columbus

PeopleDoubtHouseSingleMealSave

I love actors, and I love the casting process. It's funny, like, some writers don't like actors because, I think, they are the faces of the show, and so you feel sort of secondary, but I love actors because they elevate the material; they make it better.

Bryan Fuller

FunnyLoveThinkProcessBetterYou

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