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If we judged everybody by the stupid, unguarded things they blurt out to their nearest and dearest, then we wouldn't ever get anywhere.

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Boris Johnson
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 19
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Life isn't like coursework, baby. It's one damn essay crisis after another.
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I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.
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Our friends in America will be at the front of the queue for trade deals.
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I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.
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