#iona

All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#behaviour #breakdown #case #classic #containing

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. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#address #benefits #breakdown #debt #difficulty

We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 years we're holding our own. ↗

— Jaclyn Smith

#cutting-edge #holding #our #own #styles

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches. ↗

— Kate Smith

#before #bless #committee #democratic #during

A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not open to the emotional level of the scene. ↗

— Terence Stamp

#directors #emotional #emotional level #level #lot

I was a single mom that raised two bright, beautiful, and compassionate girls. ↗

— Connie Stevens

#bright #compassionate #i #mom #raised

I can be very passionate but I also have a bit of a hot temper - when pushed. ↗

— Rachel Stevens

#bit #hot #i #i can #passionate

I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for a job, so for all the early morning starts and long days, I could never trade it all in. ↗

— Rachel Stevens

#about #am #career #could #days

There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force. ↗

— Ted Stevens

#defense #defense budget #expenditures #force #gap

We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#confuse #element #endowments #equal #equality