There's always lots of horsing around and sort of practical jokes and that's all there really was to it, ...I realized she had actually taken offence because it was all in the context of a bit of banter that was going on and so I obviously immediately apologized for that.

John Key

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I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society.

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Our opponents say more children are living in poverty than when we came into office. And that's probably right.

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Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.

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I read a review on the Herald, it says it takes 40 minutes to get to the first sex session apparently and the whole movie only contains 11 minutes of forbidden fruit.

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We should always measure a government's environmental rhetoric ag... by John Key

We should always measure a government's environmental rhetoric against its environmental record

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New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce... by John Key

New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt.

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We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.

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I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belie... by John Key

I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.

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We also need to remember the enduring principles on which the National Party is based – individual responsibility, support for families and communities, and a belief that the State can't and shouldn't do everything.

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It would be stupid of me to rule out ever being the leader because that's an impossible thing to rule out. I can't predict future events.

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Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people, including New Zealanders, in several different parts of the world.

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While his removal will not necessarily bring an immediate end to terrorist activity, I have absolutely no doubt that the world is a safer place without Osama Bin Laden.

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I have always thought, genuinely thought, that elections are like world cups. They sometimes look easier from the outside and they are very difficult when you are in the middle of them.

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We live in a world where equality is pretty important. by John Key

We live in a world where equality is pretty important.

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If I had terminal cancer, I had a few weeks to live, I was in tremendous amount of pain - if they just effectively wanted to turn off the switch and legalise that by legalising euthanasia, I'd want that.

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The public talk colloquially, the public's grammar's not perfect. They kid around and I don't think they overly mark me down for that. They just see me as a normal guy.

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Moral persuasion over a period of time makes a difference, but we shouldn't be naive to think that just because we raise it in a meeting it will make all those problems go away. It won't and it doesn't.

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I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

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The world, whether we like it or not, will become more and more b... by John Key

The world, whether we like it or not, will become more and more borderless.

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I'm often at events when they're quite light-hearted social events when people would want me to kid around.

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