I used to be double-jointed in my hips, so I could put my toe in my mouth. That can't be classed as a talent really, rather a mild deformity.

The horrors of the world in general upset me. I cry when I think about how lucky I am with my lovely little family.

My most smelly job was at a kennels and cattery, and I basically spent all day scooping poop.

I was a barmaid for my mum for years, as we lived above a pub. I still can't hear the Heartbeat theme tune without breaking into a cold sweat, as it used to start at the same time as my shift.

To be honest, it's a bit of a relief not having to be the party animal for a change.

I like the idea of being a novelist. I picture myself on the coast, the wind in my hair, horses galloping around me as I sit at my typewriter in the middle of a field.

People seem to trust you more when you're pregnant. I think they see you as some kind of Mother Earth figure.

I liked the idea of being an actress, but thought better of it.

Hurried reading can never be good reading

There is no check-box for ethical leadership. It is an ongoing individual and organizational journey. We will never know everything that there is to know.

Wouldn’t this old world be better If the folks we meet would say: ‘I know something good about you, ’ And then treat us that way?

You'll never find your limits until you've gone too far.

Stupidity in a woman is unfeminine.

I have never acknowledged the difference between serious music and light music. There is only good music and bad music.

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.

I don't like parties past 2 am. Then it's all losers and weirdos.

Elegance is a discipline of life.

We are the ancestors of those gardening the universe.