A Quote by Nicola Sturgeon
I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny.
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For politicians truth and falsehood are unimportant. So I never could become a politician - not even a church politician.
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Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.
I may be a sleeping politician. But one should know that a sleeping politician is always awake about national politics. I am not like politicians who sleep on national issues though they may be awake physically.
Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.
A politician is a politician whether he's wearing a suit or a funny hat.
I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.
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I've been a politician and so I'm sometimes cynical about what politicians won't do. When I hear a politician say something that makes no sense whatsoever, I think there's one of two things there: There's money or the promise of money.
I'm not a politician. I don't want to be a politician, because politicians do what is politically expedient. I want to do what's right.
Facebook, like great politicians, surfs waves that it very rarely (if ever) creates.
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