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" Well, I get on with people who believe in something. "
Ken Livingstone
Believe
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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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" Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. "
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" I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education. "
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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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