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Nothing is more important for young people than enhancing their life chances, liberating their potential and encouraging their contribution to a globally competitive and modern economy.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Chances Competitive Contribution Economy Encouraging Enhancing Globally Important Liberating Life Modern More Nothing People Potential Than Young Young People

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There is a real danger of unintended consequences, of encouraging people to give up. Pessimism, if it becomes a habit, can reinforce a narrative of unstoppable decline. If there is nothing we can do, that releases us from our obligations.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: Becomes Consequences Danger Decline Encouraging Give Habit Narrative Nothing Obligations Our People Pessimism Real Reinforce Release Unintended Unintended Consequences Unstoppable Up Us

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Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging 'offensive' ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society.

~David Harsanyi

Topics: Allowing Correctness Encouraging Engines Even Free Free Society Health Ideas Intellectually Offensive Political Political Correctness Society Vital

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My parents went crazy when they found out that I had gotten the part in 'Conversations With My Father!' I'd never given acting a thought. They were proud of me and very encouraging.

~David Krumholtz

Topics: Acting Conversations Crazy Encouraging Father Found Given Gotten Had Me Never Out Parents Part Proud Thought Very Were

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I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello' at the National, and Adrian Lester having done Cheek by Jowl's famous 'As You Like It and Company' at the Donmar. Not necessarily performances I saw, but just the fact they happened was massively encouraging.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Cheek Company David Doing Done Drama Drama School Encouraging Fact Famous Had Happened Having James Just Know Lenny Like Massively National Necessarily Performance Remember Saw School You I Remember

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A crowd urging you on to do well can be very encouraging. It's very fun. It can be a really cool feeling.

~Dean Ambrose

Topics: Cool Crowd Encouraging Feeling Fun Really Urging Very Well You

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So I'm going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle.

~Dean Stockwell

Topics: Encouraging Everyone Go Going Layer Ozone Preserving Recycle Work

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And so to those who suggest that we are somehow 'harming' young women by encouraging them to take charge of their health we say this: We are not harming young women by educating them. We are arming them with information that they will carry with them throughout their lives.

~Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Topics: Carry Charge Educating Encouraging Harming Health Information Lives Say Somehow Suggest Take Them Those Throughout Who Will Women Young Young Women

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My mother was a schoolteacher and very, very encouraging. She understood what it meant when I said I wanted to be a writer; both me and my brother wrote.

~Derek Walcott

Topics: Both Brother Encouraging Me Meant Mother Said She Understood Very Wanted Writer Wrote

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In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote my energies to encouraging people to find their true selves.

~Dirk Benedict

Topics: Actor Around Baggage Being Could Devote Dragging Encouraging Energies Find Just Many People Selves True Ways Wish I Wish

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