I don't feel 50. I'm still ambitious, and I've only just got my licence to race sports cars. I race for an Aston Martin team called Beechdean, and it's a huge challenge.

I can be a romantic. The way to every woman's heart is through her stomach. Food is at the core of everything.

I love France. It's got the sun down at the bottom, the Alps for skiing, and all that wine and food.

I've never been on a diet and never will.

I will never, ever go on a carb-free diet.

My own preferred fitness regime is to use my bicycle.

Surround yourself with good people, surround yourself with positivity and people who are going to challenge you to make you better.

The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.

Love me, then, or hate me, as you will," I said at last, "you have my full and free forgiveness: ask now for God's, and be at peace.

It's tricky turning a book into a movie. Sometimes people love the book so much that no adaptation lives up to what they imagined. You can avoid that disappointment by never, ever reading books.

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.

Life is given to you like a flat piece of land and everything has to be done. I hope that when I'm finished, my piece of land will be a beautiful garden.

Other people's opinions do not determine your potential.

What happens most deeply inside you is worthy of your whole love.

I prefer to be someone who has to confront his many fears instead of someone who has the illusion he doesn't fear anything

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