George Osborne Quotes
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than anything. Technology and materials are secondary.
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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I'm over it. You strive to win a Super Bowl and you do everything you can to get there. But being in the Hall of Fame, you never play for that honor. It's incredible.
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When I run - as you see from my record - I run to win.
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If America is an idea, which it is - we're not a nation of ethnic groups that say we're Americans because we have American blood; we have the blood of every nation in our veins - and there's something really beautiful about that, but it means that we are an idea and that we all have to buy into this idea.
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In order to develop normally, a child requires progressively more complex joint activity with one or more adults who have an irrational emotional relationship with the child. Somebody's got to be crazy about that kid. That's number one. First, last and always.
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I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that's my idea of a perfect dinner.
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My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues.
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My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.
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I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.
