What's extraordinary about Cobra Mist, and so much...... Quote by "Michael Portillo"

What's extraordinary about Cobra Mist, and so much of what went on at Orford, was that the public were completely oblivious to it.
— Michael Portillo

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A vocation is a noble thing and not to be subverted by the whims of politicians.
— Michael Portillo

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Wagner had a terrific understanding of politics. In 1829, he was a Marxist revolutionary who wanted to bring down the establishment. He hated religion and churches, which he said enslaved people. But he later developed different views that put art at the centre of the life of the state.
— Michael Portillo

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I have that normal male thing of valuing myself according to the job I do.
— Michael Portillo

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My father was possessed of an extraordinary romantic idealism, an unwavering belief in certain principles. He was always talking about the past. Always. Of course, it has a powerful effect on me.
— Michael Portillo

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Oppositions usually say ridiculous things and must embarrassingly then ditch untenable positions.
— Michael Portillo

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