Boris Johnson Quotes
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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My parents would definitely be my childhood heroes.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
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When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet.
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The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you learn to write very quickly; there is no time to sit and brood about what you are going to say.
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Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.
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A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
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Religion is so much more than the god you pray to. The religion that you associate with, it's culture, it is family, it is background. That is something that I have always grown up with.
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.
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I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.
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I got my hush puppies on. I guess I never was made meant for glitter rock and roll.
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And that brings me to my final thank you which is of course to the people of London.
