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I love my parents in the way most children would: for having been there at every point in my youth and childhood, ready to pick me up when I fell and support me when I stumbled.

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Michael Gove
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 26
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The British prime minister will want to have a strong and positive relationship with European leaders always.
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As long as there are people in education making excuses for failure, cursing future generations with a culture of low expectations, denying children access to the best that has been thought and written, because Nemo and the Mister Men are more relevant, the battle needs to be joined.
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It's often the case that successful people invite criticism.
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There are huge challenges ahead for this country but also huge opportunities. We can make this country stronger and fairer.
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I think it's appropriate that we simplify, clarify and strengthen, so instead of this nebulousness, we have clarity and authority invested in teachers once more.
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The reason I entered politics was a belief that the people of this country - having achieved so much that was good and noble in our past - had the potential to do amazing things in the future.
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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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Now that Britain has voted to leave, I think the country deserves to have a leader who believes in Britain outside the European Union and who also has experience at the highest level of government.
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Teachers themselves know if there's a colleague who can't keep control or keep the interest of their class, it affects the whole school.
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It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.
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The challenges facing Britain required not just a cool head, but a heart burning with the desire for change - not business as usual but a bold vision.
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A coalition with Tories and Liberal Democrats together is a golden opportunity to create the sort of planning reform that means not only can we have more environmentally sensitive planning, but we can have more homes and more schools.
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I'll negotiate with toughness, and with great attention to detail to get the best possible deal for Britain. It's only when we are outside the European Union that we can at last bring those numbers [of migrants] under control in the way that the public want.
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It was a tough choice [of PM]. I voted for a Scotsman.
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Let me first of all congratulate both of the candidates who have made it through - both Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are formidable politicians and they have fought great campaigns and they deserve to be in the final two.
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I'm a decentralizer. I believe in trusting professionals.
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