Michael Gove Quotes
I want there to be an open and positive debate about the path the country will now take. Whatever the verdict of that debate I will respect it.
Quotes to Explore
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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Practices were tough.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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Language does not make one an elite.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.
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In order to do 'Amores Perros,' I had to skip some time at drama school, so the director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu came up with a great Latin American solution, which was to say I had a tropical disease and had to stay in Mexico for a while. Everyone believed me.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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You know you've been around a long time when your stuntman says, 'Yeah, my grandfather doubled you.'
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Diet cola is my absolute favorite drink in the world; I used to drink four cans a day. But to help me cut down, I've turned it into a treat. Now, instead of having dessert, I'll have a can of diet soda. Putting a limit on how often I can drink it has helped me appreciate it more.
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In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.
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But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'.
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To communicate with each other, we got to get mad at each other sometimes.
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I was a model for eight years. That's the deal: People look. But I didn't like being looked at and never seen.
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One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film.
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I don't know why, but I'm an easy target. And I don't do anything to dispel it.
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The days of pay-to-play politics is over.
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I said a lot of things about which I was wrong. Now I have to sit back and take what's coming, and I will. I still like women in the bedrooms and kitchens in that order, but some of them can do other things.
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I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz... a beautiful chaos.
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By the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, the old will outnumber the young.
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Dimples crinkle up the skin near his lips. I will not look at his lips. How can he never have used those? That’s a crime against humanity right there.
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I want there to be an open and positive debate about the path the country will now take. Whatever the verdict of that debate I will respect it.
