Michael Gove Quotes
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.
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The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
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Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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I think, the people around home are very supportive to us.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.
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I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
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For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
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All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.
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The fact is, it's hard to release movies.
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At the age of 16, my father's father dropped dead of a heart attack. And I think it changed the course of his life, and he became fascinated with death. He then became a medical doctor and obviously fought death tooth and nail for his patients.
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When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
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Sometimes when you've got too much money you lose your imagination.
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A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic thing that moves past one.
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As for my studies in school, I was a solid student. I was strong in English and Latin, but I got lost anytime the subject included math. I wish I had paid more attention to biology and science in general, subjects that came to interest me as an adult. I could have gotten better marks, but I never took a book home, never did homework.
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Kids have no sense of appropriateness. They can ask me whatever they want. You do develop a sense of intimacy with readers, and they tell you things about themselves. During a school year, I'll get e-mails asking about the books. I'll give them information, but I won't do their homework for them.
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Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.
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I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.
