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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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'm a triathlete. Running is when I do my best living and my best thinking. I love the discipline, pushing yourself to suffer as much as you can, because it leads to a form of redemption.
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It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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Struggle is gruesome only for the weak.
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You're not going to hit it every single time, and that's why, when I record an album, I do probably close to 50 songs. Each song I record has to get better. If it's not better than the last song that I made, it'll usually linger for a couple of months, and then it'll be put on the backburner, and then there'll be another song that I do, and then it often doesn't make it on the album.
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I have six children.
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I refuse to lie to children.
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Positivity gives me a boost to do better. Negativity gives me a boost to try and prove people wrong. So I use both of them positively.
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When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.
