"The media are obsessed with spin doctors and with portraying them as a bad thing, yet seem addicted to our medicine."
"I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more countries. I want to be able to recall experiences that have endured for their pleasure and range and intensity."
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Source: How I got happy and stayed grumpy by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2012.
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