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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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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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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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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On Monday I come in and get in a full body workout, and then I come back in on Wednesday and do a quick six, which consists of bench press, biceps and triceps curls, pull downs, something for the back and the neck. And then you come back and hit it again on Friday with a 16-machine workout.
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Is now the time to legalize prostitution?
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Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment.
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I imagine God to be like my father. My father was always the voice of certainty in my life. Certainty in the wisdom, certainty in the path, certainty always in God. For me God is certainty in everything. Certainty that everything is good and everything is God.
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I love the theater so much, and it's where I feel most comfortable. I love the people and the community.
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There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark.
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The best hitting advice I ever got was: Keep your eye clear and hit 'em where they ain't; that's all.
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After doing two years in prison, trust me, I've seen a lot of tough guys pray. They're not just praying for themselves; they're praying for their family and the people they've let down.
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Everyone has someone they looked up to. Mine was Mickey Mantle. For Alex Rodriguez to idolize me coming up, that makes me feel very good.
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I find that the people who don't eat as much candy are really into heavy protein, like steak. I don't eat that.
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I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.
