Michael Gove Quotes
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This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
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Most artists, their 60th show was in front of no one. My first show was in front of 1,200 people.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
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By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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I love to cook when I have the time. I don't cook French or Mexican food with exact recipes. I just go to the supermarket and buy things that look good, and I mix it all together and invent something. Ninety-five percent of the time, I'm lucky. Sometimes not so lucky, and I say, 'Let's go out to dinner.'
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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I always like to have flowers on the table. I think they make it look special.
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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came up with.
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At least I had that, one guy understood me.
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We all do stupid things.
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I run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future is in my hands and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take.
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Obviously, waste disposal is an enormous and fantastic industry.
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The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given.
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I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?
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I always felt like there were always egos involved when I was trying to get music finished in New Order. Sometimes it would feel like I was running through water.
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In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.
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There's a good old boys' network out there that's hard to penetrate and it's not always in the best interest of the party or for conservative principles.
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Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the wellbeing of Greeks. The way forward will not be easy but the problems can be solved, and will be solved, if there is unity, co-operation and consensus.
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There is nothing easy about becoming conscious. My own life was much easier before I knew about the deeper meaning of choice, the power of choice that accompanies taking responsibility. Abdicating responsibility to an outside source can seem, at least for the moment, so much easier. Once you know better, however, you can't get away with kidding yourself for long.
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It was a tough choice of PM. I voted for a Scotsman.
