Boris Johnson Quotes
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.
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You can over-think things. If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorising rather than being real.
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I've always kind of been an in-the-moment kind of person. I don't think that far in advance or have any idea what's around the next corner.
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Winning, you can overlook so many things.
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I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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I just have an inability to lie.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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He [Osama bin Laden] is clearly an odd combination of a 12th-century theologian and a 21st-century CEO. He runs an absolutely unique organization in the Islamic world. It's multiethnic, multilinguistic, multinational. He is a combat veteran, three times wounded. He has a huge reputation in the Islamic world for generosity and leadership. He's a man who speaks eloquent, almost poetic Arabic, according to Bernard Lewis.
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My faith and my identity as a Muslim - I never saw it as something that made my job harder. It's just an aspect of who I am.
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I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors.
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The joy I get from work is just huge.
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My favourite city is Miami. It's very fresh and the beach is sunny.
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We have a new team ready to go in to City Hall. Where there have been mistakes we will rectify them. Where there are achievements we will build on them.
