Andrew Mitchell quotes

“They say, 'Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.' They don't realize that not everybody's bootstraps are the same length.”
-- Andrew Mitchell

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“Libyans have to work together for a new Libya. They should keep in place the sinews of security.”
-- Andrew Mitchell

Source : "Libyans must avoid post-Gaddafi revenge attacks, says Britain" by Mark Tran, www.theguardian.com. August 22, 2011.

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“Britain is doing brilliant things around the world and that is why I described as a 'superpower on development'.”
-- Andrew Mitchell

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“Michael Gove is an incredibly talent guy and a Brexiteer. But he has been telling all of us for the last five years that he doesn't want to [be the Prime Minister] and he doesn't think he's got it in him to do it so his conversion on the road to Damascus has come pretty late.”
-- Andrew Mitchell

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“You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it.”

Source : Adam Braun (2014). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

“And the more you become aware of the unknown self - if you become aware of it - the more you realize that it is inseparably connected with everything else that is.”

“The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know.”

“Societies are composed of individuals and are good only insofar as they help individuals to realize their potentialities and to lead a happy and creative life.”

“On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.”

Source : Charles Sturt (1834). “Two expeditions into the interior of southern Australia during ... 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831: with observations on New South Wales”, p.58

“The distance between yourself and others should not be greater than your arm’s length.”

“When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time.”

Source : "'I work in waves'". Interview With Nicholas Serota, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2008.

“With a cigar like in life, you got to have some length, and some girth.”

“We can't do much about the length of our lives, but we can do plenty about it's width and depth.”

“They say, 'Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.' They don't realize that not everybody's bootstraps are the same length.”