“This idea about cheerful thinking, a digital platform for people to pr...” — Ed Miliband Quote

“This idea about cheerful thinking, a digital platform for people to present their ideas, organise events around the country - that is what I am focused on building: a digital think-tank for the modern age that can help show people things can be better; the world can be different.”

“You're running to be prime minister - it's hard to be the person who makes jokes.”

“Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local level.”

“The way that you are when you're allowed to be yourself is very different from when you're, say, being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman. You're never given the breathing space.”

“Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which is optimistic about our country, optimistic about our world, optimistic about the power of politics. We are optimistic and together we will change Britain.”

“Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change.”

“I just want to inspire people to be different.”

“I wasn't intentionally trying to be different, but that was an element of what I naturally do that happened to be unique enough to spark a curiosity for people.”

“I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.”

“All simulators are going to be different compared to reality, that's how I see it.”

“With Moloko, we tried to be the opposite of what was out there at the time. I like to be different. In the mid-Nineties, music was quite dour and serious, and everything was dressed down. So we went the other way. Our first record was about not wanting to do four-to-the-floor dance music.”

“In America, they are very respectful of your work. People are not judgmental. They like difference - to be different is a force. In France, you have to be like the girl next door.”