I think I would rather be a prime minister than a taxi driver.
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KARPAL SINGH Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.
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AMIR PERETZ I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.
CAROLINE RHEA I was really quite geeky at school. At one point, I wanted to be prime minister or a mathematician.
BEL POWLEY Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance.
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APURVA GAGLANI I'd rather be nauseous than tired, I think.
SAM SIMON I told the prime minister that it is not good for the army to step forward too quickly. It would be ...
GEN. SONDHI BOONYARATKALIN My mother always tells me that when I was a little kid, my first ambition was to be a truck driver, ...
PREITY ZINTA I think any older driver would find it different than it was five years ago.
DARRELL WALTRIP A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled.
EHUD OLMERT Cute. I think I would prefer to be stabbed in the eye rather than be called cute.
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MICHAEL CHANG I would rather be without a state than without a voice.
EDWARD SNOWDEN I would rather be called a character actor than a star.
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DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA his record as a prime minister is absolutely mediocre.
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NICOLAS SARKOZY I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been pri...
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ABDUL HAMEED REEKI I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
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JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
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KARL WIGGINS My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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JENS VOIGT It was never part of how I imagined my music, and I watched in awe at how this ukulele troubadour im...
JENS LEKMAN When you're writing about difficult things and darker issues, it's nice to offer some sort o...
JENS LEKMAN I am a family man, and I have to find my priorities. During the season, it is to race. During the of...
JENS VOIGT You carry all these hurts and breakups with you forever. But there is this sort of joyful realizatio...
JENS LEKMAN I have mood swings, but I'm sure people in England have that, too. Me and my friends, we're ...
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JENS LEKMAN I realized that even though I had this urge, this longing, to write about other people, in order for...
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TIMMERMANN JENS Kant does not seem to envisage that we are torn between two courses of action for moral reasons. He ...
JENS TIMMERMANN In Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone he goes so far as to claim that conscientious moral ju...
JENS TIMMERMANN In the Critique of Practical Reason, Kant makes it quite clear that sympathetic feelings are often w...
JENS TIMMERMANN Both are in relatively good condition. They are not injured though they are exhausted after their ca...
JENS PLOETNER Getting my hair cut is just a very special moment for me. I don't know exactly why, but it's...
JENS LEKMAN I realize that 'Postcards' was like input, and 'Ghostwriting' was output. I had all ...
JENS LEKMAN My old songs used to take place in Gothenburg; then, when I lived in Melbourne, the songs just natur...
JENS LEKMAN Older men in my family - back to my grandpa - were basically completely bald.
JENS LEKMAN 'Postcards' was just a way of slapping myself in the face and saying, 'You can do anythi...
JENS LEKMAN [After crossing the line, the tall German was unhappy with that tight a finish, which could have had...
JENS VOIGT They don't want to have disputes with the unions. Porsche's only interest is having control over Vol...
JENS SCHATTNER It's disappointing. We had expected more action in terms of restructuring, such as outsourcing parts...
JENS SCHATTNER The main question mark is how Porsche deals with the unions.
JENS SCHATTNER The key question now is whether Porsche will accelerate the restructuring program at Volkswagen.
JENS SCHATTNER If Volkswagen wants to cut 10,000 jobs they will need at least this sum.
JENS SCHATTNER It's simply impossible to fire people at Volkswagen.
JENS SCHATTNER It is just impossible after this very weak quarter to maintain their [annual] profits.
JENS SCHATTNER Sales have come to a standstill in almost all markets.
JENS REFSLUND Once sales in the Middle East have come to a standstill, this inevitably has consequences for produc...
JENS REFSLUND Given the proliferation of digital photography, there is an increased demand for this topic.
JENS POHL Given the proliferation of digital photography, there is an increased demand for this topic. Beginne...
JENS POHL Military and police specialists analyzed the video tape throughout the night.
JENS PLOETNER If these reports are true we would regret this step.
JENS PLOETNER We think it is important that the EU sends a clear signal to Turkey.
JENS PLOETNER The German government is continuing its efforts to clarify the fate of the German citizen who has be...
JENS PLOETNER I think it is very problematic and unfortunate that people who have been in Sweden for so long make ...
JENS ORBACK To celebrate citizenship is one way for society to show that it is something valuable which strength...
JENS ORBACK These schools aren't the worst. They are good schools, but they have the toughest challenges.
JENS ORBACK I find my patience tried by parties who have spoken of a general amnesty to allow up to 100,000 indi...
JENS ORBACK The thing to watch now, once the 15 minutes' 'noise' after the number is out of the way, is whether ...
JENS NORDVIG We are looking for 110 yen in three months, and we could well hit 100 yen later this year.
JENS NORDVIG This trend where the Chilean peso has weakened with Brazil and Mexico doesn't really have anything t...
JENS NORDVIG Japanese interest rates continue to price in tightening from the Bank of Japan. We think it's a bit ...
JENS NORDVIG We also judge that the dollar is vulnerable from a structural perspective. External imbalances in th...
JENS NORDVIG A further significant upward shift in rate expectations seems unlikely in the near term given the cu...
JENS NORDVIG The dollar is going to have a hard time. Investor expectations for the Fed will run out of steam.
JENS NORDVIG People were pricing in some kind of China revaluation and we had one, but it was very small. So ther...
JENS NORDVIG Under normal circumstances with this kind of figure, you would expect to see significant dollar weak...
JENS NORDVIG It's a very long time since we've had so much uncertainty about a Fed meeting. That's what's making ...
JENS NORDVIG Our marketplace is open to everyone.
JENS NEUMANN The name may sound strange but we wanted to differentiate the vehicle from everything else.
JENS NEUMANN I would not say there is a risk of a boycott playing a big role. We have been in the United States s...
JENS NEUMANN Germany would be the western industrial nation to suffer most if economic sanctions went against Ira...
JENS NAGEL Iran is our (Germany's) most important trading partner in the Middle East.
JENS NAGEL The large car consumer is looking for function, flexibility and space. The S-MAX and Galaxy offer al...
JENS LUDMANN Thierry came up to me and gave me some advice but I ignored it and stuck to my plan.
JENS LEHMANN I'm sure I'll be in goal.
JENS LEHMANN We should have won and it is difficult sometimes.
JENS LEHMANN Neither the Arsenal president nor the goalkeeping coach get involved,
JENS LEHMANN the fans want to see the best.
JENS LEHMANN I'm a professional. I don't want people to read something about me in the tabloids going out with ce...
JENS LEHMANN At Arsenal we play a very attractive, offensive style so I always have to beware of counter attacks ...
JENS LEHMANN Well, he's fantastic for his age,
JENS LEHMANN You don't feel sorry for yourself, you get on with life.
JENS LEHMANN I turned them down because they were not good - their quality was not good.
JENS KAISER I turned them down because they were not good, their quality was not good. I have been Sunday editor...
JENS KAISER Constant surfing can have benefits. On Wednesday and Thursday we will put 10,000 tickets up for sale...
JENS GRITTNER This (Iranian) complaint is new. That notwithstanding, we are in steady contact with the Iranian (Fo...
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JENS GRITTNER The tour ends with a huge dinner at a simple restaurant. They eat green cabbage and sausages, and wa...
JENS FINKE Heads of cabbage exposed to extremely cold temperatures - minus 10 degrees Centigrade or so - taste ...
JENS FINKE Four volunteers have put this event together. The individuals who ate the most cabbage last Friday w...
JENS FINKE The hotel team did a terrific job. They even built a lighthouse since that reminded us of Northern G...
JENS FINKE The Green Cabbage party is the biggest German social event in Taiwan.
JENS FINKE I lost quite a bit of skin on the left side of my body and sustained some deep cuts in my hand and a...
JENS VOIGT I'm suffering on the right side but I can breathe fine,
JENS VOIGT Am I being unfair? Is it only my self-hatred playing me a trick? Self-hatred is a gendered feeling: ...
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