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" I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education. "
Ken Livingstone
Seeking
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Spent
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" I never came into life with any favours or privileges. "
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" Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. "
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" What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us? "
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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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" I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights. "
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" I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists. "
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" I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life. "
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" If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war. "
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" I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess. "
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" The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they? "
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" The civil service are risk averse. "
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" I'm an emotional person; I do occasionally shed a tear. "
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Occasionally
Emotional
" I grew up in a house with very few books. "
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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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" 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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Cherish
Contribution
" Give me the whole world to run and then I'll be happy. If tomorrow I was told I had to sort out the whole world's problems I'd sleep like a baby. "
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Tomorrow
Sleep
" I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law. "
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Rule
Thought
" Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for. "
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Community
Me
" I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive. "
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People
" Everyone changes all the time. "
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Everyone
Changes
Time
" The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them. "
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People
" I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues. "
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About
Who
Ugly
" My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London. "
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Tackle
London
" Politics is not a healthy lifestyle. "
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Lifestyle
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" My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework. "
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Political
Framework
Moral
" I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied. "
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Think
Career
Lie
" Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced. "
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Prepared
Been
Budget
" I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics. "
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Politics
Loathe
Detest
" You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again. "
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You
Lose