A Quote by Ed Miliband

Dominant narrative is so overwhelming in politics. The smallest gaffe when the momentum is against you is a disaster. But when it is with you, everyone just ignores it.

Ed Miliband

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Ed Miliband
British - Politician
Born: December 24, 1969

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This is not a phone business. This is the smallest video camera, it's the smallest computer, smallest TV.

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Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.

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The world feels overwhelming to me on every level. Just the number of organisms that live on this planet. Our politics, our violence, psychology, emotions; there's just a lot going on, right?

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