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" They all said I was a very young guy. Well there is nothing I can do about that but with each day that passes the problem solves itself. "
George Osborne
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" Leaving the E.U. was not the outcome that I wanted or campaigned, but now that democracy has spoken, we must act on that result. I will fully respect that result. "
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" I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people. "
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" I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me. "
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" We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up. "
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