John Bercow Quotes
When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.
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Sofia Coppola is wonderful, and I'd love to work with her.
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It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people.
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A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.
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I joined NOW on an issue of pay.
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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
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My favorite 'Mister Rogers' episodes were always the ones where Mr. Rogers would go into the community.
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The job of the president of the United States is to talk to the public, is to explain to them. Now, some presidents talk too much, like Bill Clinton. Some presidents try to talk but don't know how, like George Bush senior.
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I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians.
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Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror.
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I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.
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I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down.
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I don't push buttons to push buttons. Throwing the rebel card out there is really cheap.
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We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received by the world.
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I love all the Pixar movies, and I like 'Happy Feet Two.' 'Cause it has a lot of babies.
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My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera.' I reply, 'I can't help it; it's what got me where I am.'
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Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.
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I do work on a little bit of weights just to get my power up.
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I love to write a book out of questions; in fact, I think it's the only way my writing can operate, if there's something I don't understand.
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The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you're always giving interviews.
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My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much.
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Great leaders don't try to please everyone. Great leaders don't water down their message in order to make the tribe a bit bigger. Instead, they realize that a motivated, connected tribe in the midst of a movement is far more powerful than a larger group could ever be.
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When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.
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When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.
