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People in the street will either call me 'Prime Minister' or 'Justin'. We'll see how that goes. But when I'm working, when I'm with my staff in public, I'm 'Prime Minister'. I say that if we're drinking beer out of a bottle, and you can see my tattoos, you should be comfortable calling me 'Justin'.
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow.
Having a Christian worldview shapes my decision-making with respect to all aspects of my life. I always respect people in public life who are principled, and those principles have to be connected to something. And my faith is what serves as the anchor and directs my actions.
Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.
I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
I've gone the full spectrum — from gospel to blues to jazz to soul to pop — and the public has accepted what I've done through it all. I think it means I've been doing something right at the right time.
I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom — and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
I've also said you don't rule any options out, because if you are in public life because you want to make a difference... obviously, you have to be open to those kind of possibilities.
Living your life in the public eye is a greater burden than most people can imagine.
Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.
Healthcare as a human right, it means that every child, no matter where you are born, should have access to a college or trade-school education if they so choose it, and I think no person should be homeless if we can have public structures and public policy to allow for people to have homes and food and lead a dignified life in the United States.
The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.
People can judge me for what I've done. And I think when somebody's out in the public eye, that's what they do. So I'm fully comfortable with who I am, what I stand for, and what I've always stood for.
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