George Osborne Quotes
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The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
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Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.
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The press, important as is its office, is but the servant of the human intellect, and its ministry is for good or for evil, according to the character of those who direct it. The press is a mill which grinds all that is put into its hopper. Fill the hopper with poisoned grain, and it will grind it to meal, but there is death in the bread.
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There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.
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The day I'm inaugurated, this country looks at itself differently and the world looks at America differently. If you believe that we've got to heal America and we've got to repair our standing in the world, then I think my supporters believe that I am a messenger who can deliver that message around the world in a way that no other candidate can do.
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I surprised myself, that I was in the tissue of the character enough, that I could actually come up with something that I didn't actually feel or didn't believe.
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Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.