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I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created.

Michael Gove

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Michael Gove
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 26
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Michael Andrew Gove
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In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve perfection. But that won't stop me trying.
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Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted.
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It is a belief in human potential that has guided me through my time in Government.
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