Please pass this budget on the grounds that we can't afford to do any less.

Our area is very diversified and is growing. Interest rates are still low, and demand is there.

I actually wanted to be a fireman when I was younger.

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

I don't like being too serious. I'm the type of person that, if the mike isn't in the right place when I go on, I just move it. Other people, they'll be all frantic. I'm more relaxed.

In the past, I've never tried to discount or stop what people are saying because on some levels I find it interesting.