"On this day I remember words that have stayed with me since my childhood and which matter a great deal to me today, my school motto: "I will try my outmost". This is my promise to all of the people of Britain and now let the work of change begin."

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Source : Gordon Brown's First Speech as Prime Minister, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 27, 2007.

Gordon Brown

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“a great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make ...”
“A wise traveler never despises his own country.”
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“When a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. When he says perhaps, he means no. When he says no, he is not a diplomat. When a lady says no, she means perhaps. When she says perhaps, she means yes. But when she says yes, she is no lady.”
“When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music.”
“What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the moment.”
“My daughter's birth was like a rebirth for me.”

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