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My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats an

My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals. – Alastair Campbell

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Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think thats where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness. – Alastair Campbell

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Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want to hear and read about. I am not so sure. – Alastair Campbell

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By asking the question Am I happy?, and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question – Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try? – Alastair Campbell

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