Boris Johnson Quotes
Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.
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I am at war... with the principal personage of traditional philosophy, that abstract subject who masquerades as everyone and anyone, but is really a male subject in disguise.
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Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
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When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
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It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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I've been around the bend in corporations.
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In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.
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Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche.
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Football is very masculine and, to me, a metaphor for war.
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I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college.
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Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'
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Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.
