Everything bad that's ever happened in my life I've seen an outcome that's positive later on.

Compromise disappoints those who buy into the most ambitious and simplistic populist slogans.

A Jethro Tull album was - along with Cream and Led Zeppelin - one of the first I ever bought.

It's healthy to have two car shows. Why not? The viewer gets twice as much car show to watch.

Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.

I suppose it must be true that if you have a bad practice, you'll probably have a good match!

Do not be fooled, your diet needs a daily dose of all kinds of fats if you want to be healthy.

Nobody is infallible, but it is important to have trusted guides when it comes to information.

Aside from the whole Richard and Judy fame thing, I am incredibly lucky they're my mum and dad.

People think I just dropped out of university and went, 'Mum, Dad, get me a job in television.'

I think it's very hard if you love someone to walk away from a relationship that isn't healthy.

We'll have more football later. Meanwhile, here are the highlights from the Scottish Cup final.

Motivation levels differ person to person, as does the time since failing new year resolutions.

The biggest obstacle to good gardening is the desire to know the answers and not the questions.

Children aren't being taught to cook or encouraged to try things or told why food is important.

I may be going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing Howard Finkel does not get a lot of chicks!

I don't think there's a public in the world who respond like the British to a call for charity.

I am dating, but it is hard to find someone quick enough and funny enough. I am quite demanding.

Inside, I really do care what people think about me and it can make me nervous and very anxious.

Doing a show like 'Dancing On Ice,' if you are not a performer, it's a bizarre world to go into.

If you go through life and actually get to find out the thing you want to do, you're very lucky.

I am partial to a cartwheel or two. It's the way to go; I'll be doing them in my 50s, hopefully.

Growing up in a business-orientated family meant that I naturally learnt the tricks of the trade.

All Bridget Jones did was give us a word for it - singleton - which was the worst possible thing.

If you worry about anyone having a go at you for having ideas, we'd still all be living in caves.

The U.S. Constitution has absorbed the end of slavery, the Civil War, Civil Rights and Watergate.

I'm not anti-American. But I am very strongly anti American bacon - the worst bacon in the world.

My idea of heaven is being in Arizona, stuck up a mountain - somewhere where there are no phones.

I feel very fragile cycling in London, whereas in Berlin there are proper cycle paths everywhere.

Look at Abi Titmuss. This year she's been tied to more bed posts than David Blunkett's guide dog.

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.

Being a good husband and father... that's the most important thing I'm going to do on this earth.

I have to say, without getting up on a soapbox, I find these reality shows absolutely disgusting.

I have always regarded the forward edge of the battlefield as the most exclusive club in the world

I've always been fascinated by intelligence and how our brains work, and how they can be improved.

I've always been a bit of a dreamer. I've always loved to look and seek, and explore and find out.

I can't see Jeremy Clarkson having very many serious problems in his working life in the long run.

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don't always find the time to do much these days.

Ethnic minority women generally have poorer outcomes from their pregnancy compared to white women.

The only thing you have to have is patience and an attitude that you aren't ever going to give up.

In my teens I wanted to be a rock star, I really did. At that time there was nothing I wanted more.

My faith and family has helped me a great deal in that it helps me to live to a different standard.

Acting is something I always wanted to try after wrestling, and I felt like this was a perfect fit.

I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say.

We need to create a sense of shame about racism, and about leaders who deliberately mislead and lie.

A British politician who cloaks himself in the mantle of God is immediately regarded with suspicion.

It would be a bloody tough call to do 'Top Gear' without Jeremy. That would be a bit of a daft idea.

I guess when you're on 'Blue Peter' there's that goody-two-shoes image which people find attractive.

I'm more nervous about doing this than anything I've ever done before, because it is so prestigious.

What I love about French gardens is the combination of formal elegance and intellectual questioning.

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