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Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.

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Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Blair
Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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The fear of missing out means that today’s media, more than ever before, hunts in a pack. In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no-one dares miss out.
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I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.
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The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives and the politicians feel misunderstood.
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