George Osborne Quotes
I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
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I am confident that, as elected officials, we can work together with religious, business and civic leaders, as well as the LGBT community, to develop policies that treat all people with dignity and respect.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied funds by the Centre, Bihar survived on its resources. I provided pucca dwellings to half a million Dalit families.
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The world is a very abnormal place.
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If people are telling you a story about themselves, they gradually map their own local territories and know themselves by them.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way.
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I don't think anybody in the entertainment industry or in politics is surprised by the fact that those worlds are rife with promiscuity and irresponsibility - certainly a lack of accountability.
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I like what I've seen. He's a very quiet, respectful kid but when he plays, he plays hard.
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When I saw what painting had done in the last thirty years, what literature had done - people like Joyce and Virginia Woolf, Faulkner and Hemingway - in France we have Nathalie Sarraute - and paintings became so strongly contemporary while cinema was just following the path of theater. I have to do something which relates with my time, and in my time, we make things differently.
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As cool as I want my kids to be, they're just like any other kid. They don't love eggplant unless it is covered in cheese.
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I plan to talk to a lot of people and structure my life in a way that might have a bit more flexibility and a lot more fun factor, ... I don't intend to rush (into a job). I have the luxury of time.
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I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
