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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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London
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Sir John Major
Rt. Hon. Sir John Major
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Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.
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Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.
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The world has gone through tremendous change recently both nationally andinternationally.
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I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
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Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.
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Some people eat eggs, I wear them.
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If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years.
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UN goodwill may be a bottomless pit but it's by no means limitless.
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Recovery begins from the darkest moment.
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Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors.
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When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward.
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When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.
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You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.
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I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.
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Life is full of surprises.
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If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.
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Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.
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My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s.
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If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.
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My mother was the center of the family.
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