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Ken Livingstone Quotes

I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics Picture Quote #1

I swim three times a week Picture Quote #1

I’ve never declined to do an interview Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I’ve had less than one day a year off in my working career Picture Quote #1

There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work Picture Quote #1

When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates you have to think, you are a complete idiot Picture Quote #1

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My view is rather than just rage at your impotence you find the best way of achieving as much as you can within whatever constraints there are. It’s not the world I would have created but you do what you can within it Picture Quote #1

I’m never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty Picture Quote #1

I’d love to write about my growing sexual awareness, but the press would turn it into something squalid Picture Quote #1

What defines someone’s music taste is their teens and early 20s. It’s that combination of your sexual awakening and the music of the time, it fixes you forever Picture Quote #1

It is all very well for people with fine arts degrees, but for ordinary people like myself, we want a statue to look like the person Picture Quote #1

When you get into politics, you find that all your worst nightmares about it turn out to be true, and the people who are attracted to large concentrations of power are precisely the ones who should be kept as far away from it as possible Picture Quote #1

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I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them Picture Quote #1

I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life Picture Quote #1

I think it’s much more important to keep people in work than have pay rises Picture Quote #1

I’m more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world Picture Quote #1

I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you’re then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more Picture Quote #1

I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied Picture Quote #1

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I think democracy’s undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To tackle climate change you don’t have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live Picture Quote #1

Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don’t agree with you Picture Quote #1

Well, on lots of small things we could have done better, but on all the big things we called it right. You should make less mistakes as you get older, and I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I’m making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn’t be here Picture Quote #1

I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I’m making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn’t be here Picture Quote #1

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I don’t work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister Picture Quote #1

I’m in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I employed my wife for three years to sit in the attic and type up my autobiography, 700 pages, organise everywhere I go. I’m paying the normal rate of tax on the money I take out for myself Picture Quote #1

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I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I swim three times a week (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I’ve never declined to do an interview (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I’ve always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I’ve had less than one day a year off in my working career (Ken Livingstone Quotes) There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work (Ken Livingstone Quotes) When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates you have to think, you are a complete idiot (Ken Livingstone Quotes) My view is rather than just rage at your impotence you find the best way of achieving as much as you can within whatever constraints there are. It’s not the world I would have created but you do what you can within it (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I’m never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I’d love to write about my growing sexual awareness, but the press would turn it into something squalid (Ken Livingstone Quotes) What defines someone’s music taste is their teens and early 20s. It’s that combination of your sexual awakening and the music of the time, it fixes you forever (Ken Livingstone Quotes) It is all very well for people with fine arts degrees, but for ordinary people like myself, we want a statue to look like the person (Ken Livingstone Quotes) When you get into politics, you find that all your worst nightmares about it turn out to be true, and the people who are attracted to large concentrations of power are precisely the ones who should be kept as far away from it as possible (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I think it’s much more important to keep people in work than have pay rises (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I’m more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you’re then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I think democracy’s undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues (Ken Livingstone Quotes) 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 (Ken Livingstone Quotes) To tackle climate change you don’t have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live (Ken Livingstone Quotes) Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don’t agree with you (Ken Livingstone Quotes) Well, on lots of small things we could have done better, but on all the big things we called it right. You should make less mistakes as you get older, and I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I’m making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn’t be here (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I’m making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn’t be here (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I don’t work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I’m in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business (Ken Livingstone Quotes) 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 (Ken Livingstone Quotes) I employed my wife for three years to sit in the attic and type up my autobiography, 700 pages, organise everywhere I go. I’m paying the normal rate of tax on the money I take out for myself (Ken Livingstone Quotes)

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