"Bullock by name, and Bullock by nature."

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Source : "Lord Bullock of Leafield" by Mark Frankland, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2004.

Alan Bullock

“Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.”
“Follow the grain in your own wood....”
“Achilles only had an Achilles heel.Â I have an entire Achilles body.”
“A painting has its own existence and reality, and I make changes freely to meet the painting's needs. This sometimes takes me in another direction.”
“The general uncertainty about the prospects of medical treatment is socially handled by rigid entry requirements. These are designed to reduce the uncertainty in the mind of the consumer as to the quality insofar as this is possible. I think this explanation, which is perhaps the naive one, is much more tenable than any idea of a monopoly seeking to increase incomes.”
“If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.”
“The truth will set you free. Unless you're guilty.”
“Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.”

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