"For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place."

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Source : "Iain Duncan Smith to unveil new ways of measuring child poverty" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2012.

Iain Duncan Smith

#Educational Quotes #Giving Quotes #Debt Quotes

“The light of faith makes us see what we believe.”
“I do a lotta trash talking to keep me motivated, to keep me to not want to lose.”
“Architecture is not about designing somehting from a free, fanciful idea. It is about discovering and establishing one's own principle, some kind of regularity - finding an individual formula to apply to one's buildings.”
“I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.”

Source : "Olivia Williams: 'It can be unnerving working for Polanski'" by Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. April 10, 2010.
“Why does naming a thing give it so much power?”
“I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me.”
“I love Polo. I have a lot of Ralph Lauren suits. I got Dolce, I got a little bit of everything. And my favorite thing about Ralph Lauren is that he puts the number three on a lot of his clothes, so I feel like it's meant for me.”

Source : "Chris Paul Looks Good in a Suit (and Not Just for an NBA All-Star)". Interview with Matt Sullivan, www.esquire.com. April 13, 2009.
“Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the weight of oceans and the turning stars. Whole universes fit in there! But what do we choose to keep in this miraculous cabinet? Little broken things, sad trinkets that we play with over and over. The world turns our key and we play the same little tune again and again and we think that tune's all we are.”

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