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" You are not going to change me and if you do, it will look like a fraud, it will be a fraud. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I dare you to show me one example where I haven't discharged my responsibility seriously, professionally and appropriately. "

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" I'm often at events when they're quite light-hearted social events when people would want me to kid around. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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