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" Bronagh looks after the kids and without her the family would disintegrate... there are some things you can't discuss with anyone other than your wife. There has to be a strong bond of trust. "
You
Strong
Wife
" From time to time I might push a little bit too hard and I have got to be a bit more careful. "
Time
Little
Hard
" I always had a long-term view of going into politics, so I suppose I was always careful. I mean, I got offered all these rinky dink tax deals, but I always paid my taxes. I am naturally quite conservative. "
View
Politics
Mean
" I believe the future of our country can be really great. "
Future
Great
Really
" I care about people's human rights and, as a country, we have a very proud record indeed. But I'm also realistic about what we can do... we can raise those issues with leaders and we can talk about those issues, and we do that. "
Care
People
Country
" I dare you to show me one example where I haven't discharged my responsibility seriously, professionally and appropriately. "
Responsibility
Dare
You
" I engage with a lot of journalists, some of them have history and some of them don't, that's not my concern. My concern is to make sure I represent the views I want to represent on those shows. "
History
Engage
Want
" If I had terminal cancer, I had a few weeks to live, I was in tremendous amount of pain - if they just effectively wanted to turn off the switch and legalise that by legalising euthanasia, I'd want that. "
Pain
Off
Live
" I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth. "
Down
Think
Honesty
" I have always thought, genuinely thought, that elections are like world cups. They sometimes look easier from the outside and they are very difficult when you are in the middle of them. "
You
Thought
Sometimes
" I have more engagement with New Zealand than people might think. Unlike the impression I have of the American president, who sits in the Oval Office and people come to them. "
Office
People
New
" I have quite a strong sense of wanting to sort of, wanting to help others. I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others. "
Trying
Strong
Sense
" I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics. "
Politics
I Believe
Good
" I'm often at events when they're quite light-hearted social events when people would want me to kid around. "
Social
Events
Want
" Investment is crucial. Because the truth is, you only get jobs and growth in the economy when people invest money, at their own risk, in setting up a business or expanding an existing business. "
Truth
Money
Business
" I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society. "
Think
New
People
" I think it is only natural that people have anxiety about the economy because the economy is real. It is their job, their ability to service their mortgage and look after their family. And in the final analysis, nothing is more important than your capacity as a breadwinner or an earner to provide for those that rely on you. "
Job
Family
Service
" I think what happens when you are prime minister is no day is the same and every day you are under pressure. And there is always so much happening that the days just flash by and flash into weeks. "
Every Day
You
Day
" It's possible to spend every waking hour here on the ninth floor and not get out of the office. And this isn't the real world in here. And contrary to public opinion, I'm not incredibly poll-driven. They are an ongoing indicator of how we are going, but I take the feedback I get on the street as being the most important. "
Important
Opinion
World
" I used to think... that people would think badly of me for various stuff they read. But now I accept it's just part of the deluge of stuff that comes every day. "
Now
Me
Think
" I've always been a glass-half-full as opposed to a glass-half-empty, and the day that changes is the day I should leave. "
Day
Always
Changes
" I want to leave New Zealand in better shape than I found it. I know the job of prime minister is not forever and I'm going to do the best I can every day to make that difference. "
Job
Every Day
Best
" I was really fascinated by politics. It always has been part of my view that politics really is a calling or you wouldn't go into it, because it's demanding and potentially has a toll on you and your family. "
Family
Politics
View
" Let's just get a deal done then let's worry about expanding it. "
Deal
Get
Just
" Moral persuasion over a period of time makes a difference, but we shouldn't be naive to think that just because we raise it in a meeting it will make all those problems go away. It won't and it doesn't. "
Problems
Moral
Meeting
" My mother had an incredibly strong accent - although I couldn't hear it - and she was the main person there, so I'll have learnt to speak English from her. "
Strong
She
Person
" New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt. "
New
Zealand
Debt
" New Zealand needs to balance its environmental responsibilities with its economic opportunities, because the risk is that if you don't do that - and you want to lead the world - then you might end up getting unintended consequences. "
Environmental
World
You
" Sunday night I always cook if I can - if I'm home, I always cook. "
Sunday
Always
Cook
" Sure I can sit around and do absolutely nothing for the next nine years and I might survive that long but it's not going to take New Zealand anywhere. "
Survive
I Can
Long
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