Michael Gove Quotes
I know what it's like to see someone lose their job as a result of the European Union. I saw my father lose his job, I saw his business go to the wall, I saw 24 people who he employed also lose their jobs.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right.
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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
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We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of.
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I have only a few really enviable skills, but packing - condensing just the right amount of stuff into a single bag, whether the trip is for a weekend or, as in this case, seven weeks - is one of them.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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I'll get up at 5 or 6. I try to catch up on sleep on the weekends, so I'll try to get seven hours of sleep. During the week, my ideal is to go to bed at 9 and wake up six hours later.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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You don't win the game if you try to hit home runs all the time.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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By definition, startups are not constrained by the limits of established company culture. And so they push boundaries and develop new technologies and ways of doing things.
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Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.
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Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.
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It's really empowering to have curly hair.
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Television, as the most 'public' of media, has its limits.
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Among the disciples of Jesus, it seems most likely that at least Philip was bilingual in Aramaic and Greek.
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I've been a Rams fan for so long.
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We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.
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I had a very brilliant father who was not only intellectual, but was street-smart and very curious to boot. The day I found out that he didn't know everything, I grew up. It was a shock. I just thought that the man was the end-all of everything, and he knew the answer to everything. Then I found out I'd have to find out my own answers.
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It's awfully nice when people thank you for the pleasure and laughter you've brought to their lives.
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I know what it's like to see someone lose their job as a result of the European Union. I saw my father lose his job, I saw his business go to the wall, I saw 24 people who he employed also lose their jobs.
