"In the U.K., the history of regulation, certainly regulation of the media, is one in which, time and again, successive governments lacked the 'bottle' to enforce the powers that were available to them."

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Source : "Post-Leveson, the press must become as accountable as the rest of us" by David Puttnam, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2012.

David Puttnam

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“I see God every day... For God is in everything I see.”
“The deepest form of despair is to choose to be another than himself.”
“New Zealand is my favorite country to visit.”
“The hellish instruments of war must be smoked out while there is still peace. The Trade Union Movement must be compelled not to allow their old resolutions to fade in the files.”
“Ayurveda is a sister philosophy to yoga. It is the science of life or longevity and it teaches about the power and the cycles of nature, as well as the elements.”

Source : "Live Stress-Free with Statistics and Numbers". Book by Vasant D. Chapnerka, p. 160, June 5, 2013.
“I need work. I still audition for work. I dont get offered things out of nowhere. I have to work hard, still, and I get a lot of rejections. It just goes on and on.”
“I'm not opposed to doing science fiction or comedy, but there has to be respect. I refuse to be the joke, the fat woman joke, in any movie. I've turned down roles.”

Source : "'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' Actress Losses 250 lbs, Wants to Act Again". Interview, www.worstpreviews.com. August 10, 2012.
“Only of one thing I am sure: when I dream I am always ageless.”

Source : Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (1976). “Personal geography: almost an autobiography”, Stephen Greene Press

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