- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Conflict
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've managed to find a way of making decisions that prevents conflict arising - there has been no war between European members at any point in the last 70 years.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control.
- Nov 07, 2020
You can't just vote for yourself. All the time, you're thinking what sort of country, what world, what future?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A woman said to me, 'You're better than your successor.' She then said she's lived under 10 prime ministers, and each was worse than the last. That put me in my place.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every country is going to have to face up to globalisation, but Scotland has got a unique capacity because of its history as part of a multinational state to help us deal with that problem.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a job to do.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
When things are difficult, you have to be sure of who you are and what you want to achieve.
- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people criticise you, you've got to listen to that criticism, and to learn from it, which I've tried to do.
- Nov 07, 2020
You can drink too much tea.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once wrote a book on courage and what made people courageous. I found it was a strength of belief matched by a strength of willpower.
- Investment
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people are persuaded of the need for education and the need to invest in education, they're also persuaded of the need not to waste that investment by having low-quality education but to have high-quality education.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need quantitative assessments of the success of education. We need certification and qualifications both for teachers and for pupils. It is not a choice between quantity and quality, between access and excellence. Both of these will happen together if people really do believe in the importance of education to change lives.
- Discrimination
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate prejudice, discrimination, and snobbishness of any kind - it always reflects on the person judging and not the person being judged. Everyone should be treated equally.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no point dwelling on the worst things people have said - there's a job to do.
- Nov 07, 2020