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" I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights. "
Ken Livingstone
London
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" I think it's much more important to keep people in work than have pay rises. "
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" I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. "
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" Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the face. "
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" I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been prime minister. It is the most irritating voice in public life. "
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" The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations. "
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" Well, I get on with people who believe in something. "
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" If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems. "
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" Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high. "
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" Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in. "
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" I grew up in a house with very few books. "
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House
" There isn't much about my life that's been particularly conventional. "
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" I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people. "
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" I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists. "
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Against
Am
" I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life. "
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Sound
" Politics is not a healthy lifestyle. "
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" I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career. "
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Year
" My only regret is the media's obsession with the past. "
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Obsession
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" Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding. "
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" I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education. "
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" I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world. "
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" All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being subordinated to that. Now, the question is, what is the most a socialist can achieve in a global economy? "
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" I would like all newspapers to become workers' co-operatives. "
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" I don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister. "
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" I refuse not to have a sense of humour. "
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" Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor is your income and your wealth. "
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