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" I grew up in a house with very few books. "
Ken Livingstone
Few
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" I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not in public life. Because I don't see the need to. "
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" I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights. "
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" When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself. "
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" I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability. "
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" I could not cherish London and not value Jewish London. The contribution of Jews to London is immense - politically, economically, culturally, intellectually, philanthropically, artistically. "
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" I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education. "
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