Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty (Macklemore) Quotes

The trust that I once built has been betrayed. But I'd rather live tellin' the truth and be judged for my mistakes, than falsely held up, given props, loved and praised.

Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty

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• When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.

  

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• Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.

  

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• I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.

  

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• The trust that I once built has been betrayed. But I'd rather live tellin' the truth and be judged for my mistakes, than falsely held up, given props, loved and praised.

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • Up
  • Live
  • Truth