Singing Is The Key To Happiness

I always looked up to her.
One of the first songs I remember falling in love with was Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’.
All of her music was played in my house.
It was inspiring and it made me develop a passion for music.
So, really, she’s partly responsible for me being here, in this industry.
(Rihanna)

French people are a little dusty sometimes.
I wouldn’t say we’re dirty, though we’re famous for not washing.
I notice cultural differences.
The French can be reserved but the London audience are different, they can be very cunning, playful and funny.
I had no plans when I was a kid to be anything like a nurse, a president or a singer.
I was just living in the moment.
But when I was a child, Ray Charles was like a granddad, I loved him so dearly.
I didn’t actually know him but the fact that he was the first person to mix gospel and sexy music – spirit and sex together – it is just the best you can get.
My ambition is to make people sing everywhere, that’s what I’d like to do with my life.
I feel people don’t sing enough, people should sing more, it’s the key to happiness.
I don’t sing because I’m a singer, I sing because I like to, though thank God I can make records – it allows me to sing all day long.
I think everybody should, as much as they can.
(Camile Dalmais)

I don’t drink or smoke and would never ever touch drugs.
I’m a goody two-shoes.
I’m not afraid to say I’m very comfortable with who I am and I love who I love.
(Jessie J)

I Don’t Like Seeing My Dad Kiss Other Women

I am 36 and loving it.
I wouldn’t want to go back to my twenties.
Some people have Botox and that’s great.
But hopefully I’ll be ok without it.
(Charlize Theron)

I am awfully vulgar and not known for holding my tongue.
My family just sigh at the things I say.
(Dillie Keane)

I’m not allowed to say anything political because I work for the BBC.
(Gaby Roslin)

I have learnt that communication is the most valuable part of a relationship, being truthful to yourself and to your partner and, when you have a problem, getting to the root of it.
I think people are secretive by nature.
I like to try to work things out on my own and I am not used to seeking out advice.
But when you’re in a relationship, just realising that you don’t have to take care of everything is important.
(Scarlett Johansson)

I don’t like seeing my dad kiss other women on screen.
It’s really weird. My mum’s fine with it – she doesn’t care.
(Jaime Winstone)

It takes a lot of discipline to get out of bed early in the morning and start pounding the streets.
(Kimberly Wyatt)

The best gardens work with nature, but men try to impose gardens on the natural world.
(Monty Don)

Life is not a rehearsal and we shouldn’t waste time sleeping.
(Ian Botham)

Living Off A Bowl Of Cherries All Week Is Not Healthy

I have egg whites and pineapple for breakfast with hot water and lemon.
For lunch, I have fish and potatoes, then fish again for dinner.
(Rihanna)

When I eat breakfast, I’ll have an egg white omelette and fruit.
For lunch I’ll have a salad.
Dinner is usually vegetables and chicken or fish.
During the day, I’ll have some dried fruit, or I’ll have a chocolate or strawberry frozen yoghurt.
I don’t really eat desserts or bread.
(Jessica Alba)

Living off a bowl of cherries all week and then bingeing on a weekend is not healthy.
Now a typical day starts with scrambled eggs, then it’s sushi, salad or a wrap for lunch and pasta for dinner.
(Myleene Klass)

I do watch what I eat.
I eat what I want but in moderation, apart from salt.
I have it on everything from sandwiches to pizzas.
I know it’s not good.
I also have tons of garlic in pretty much everything.
(Michelle Keegan)

Nothing Beats A Bacon Sarnie

If you don’t adore yourself unconditionally why should anyone else?
However unappealing you may be, there will be somebody somewhere who finds you simply wonderful.
(Charles Saatchi)

I believe in some form of afterlife.
(Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore)

Madonna’s songs on her new album MDNA sound as if she had ‘dipped her pen in Botox’.
(Tim De Lisle)

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing, and then marry him.
(Cher)

Cooking is really just making food a bit hotter.
(Frank Skinner)

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it’s safer to harass a rich women than a motorcycle gang.
(Charles Saatchi)

My idea of happiness can be to do absolutely nothing.
(Scarlett Johansson)

Women with children are always exhausted.
They take exhaustion as a normal state to be in.
(Sue Townsend)

I’ve done my fair share of the groupie thing, but it’s crass to keep score.
(Noel Gallagher)

Nothing beats a bacon sarnie.
(Heston Blumenthal)

Meaning well is not the same as doing good.
For example, if you were a local councillor with a burning desire to save the planet, wouldn’t it be better to start by concentrating on having the lifts on the local estate working and not stinking of urine?
(Charles Saatchi)

We live in a world that’s obsessed with reality TV and we use people’s tragedies as entertainment.
It takes more and more to shock us, but we still want more.
(Jennifer Lawrence)

It’s only impossible if you stop to think about it.
(Pirate Captain)

Victoria Beckham Is The Funniest Person You’ll Meet

I don’t mean to be cocky, but nobody would want to fight me.
(Zoe Saldana)

I slept several times as a kid in a bar on the pool table with a jacket as a pillow.
(Dimitri Verhulst)

I spent most of my childhood running around naked in the middle of nowhere in Australia.
(Abbie Cornish)

I like men who are tough but also very fragile.
(Zoe Saldana)

I don’t get messed around by anyone, especially not guys.
(Avril Lavigne)

I can’t bear men who are constantly aware of themselves and their looks.
(Milla Jovovich)

My bottom is not insured for a billion dollars, and I don’t spend hours fixating on it.
(Jennifer Lopez)

I am still buying Clearasil spot cream for teenagers.
When I stop needing that maybe I will start worrying about ageing.
(Tara Palmer-Tomkinson)

I feel that when a man allows himself to accept failure, that’s when he’s at his strongest.
(Zoe Saldana)

I’m very happy I married a Geordie.
My husband is a very cool, easy-going guy.
(Milla Jovovich)

Victoria Beckham is the funniest person you’ll ever meet.
She’s my friend, because she can make me laugh so hard.
(Jennifer Lopez)

Bobby Fischer, The Most Ill-Mannered Brat Ever To Be Reared In Brooklyn

Bobby Fischer was born in Chicago in 1943.
His father’s identity is uncertain.
The two possible candidates, Gerhardt Fischer and Paul Nemenyi, were both physicists.
His mother worked hard and moved Bobby and his sister around a great deal.
In 1950 they settled in Brooklyn.
Bobby was a remarkable but difficult child.
He had a very high IQ but no interest in academic work.
At the age of six he discovered chess and immediately showed great promise.
The tall, toothy prodigy became World Chess Champion at the age of 29 after beating the Russian Boris Spassky in Reykjavik.
It was a major victory for America during the Cold War and for American chess in an age of Soviet dominance, but no triumph for the reputation of Fischer’s manners.
During the match, he made numerous demands and complaints, prompting the Daily Mail to call him ‘quite certainly the most ill-mannered temperamental and neurotic brat ever to be reared in Brooklyn’.
The Spassky match was one of the greatest of all time, but it marked the end of Fischer’s career.

Beneath The Makeup And Behind The Smile

The nicest thing for me is sleep, than at least I can dream.
(Marilyn Monroe)

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m Possible’.
(Audrey Hepburn)

My tastes are simple… I am easily satisfied with the best.
(Winston S Churchill)

I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.
(Mae West)

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
(Edgar Allan Poe)

I am not young enough to know everything.
(Oscar Wilde)

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
(Marilyn Monroe)

I love sleep… my life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake.
(Ernest Hemingway)

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
(Marilyn Monroe)

Solitude is one of the greatest things in life.
If you can master the art of being happy with your own company, your life becomes ten times easier.
It baffles me when I meet people who constantly need the company of others.
(Lisa Snowdon)

I still enjoy what I do – in fact, even more if anything.
The thing about turning 40 is I feel like I’ve had life experience and I know what I’m doing now.
I feel like the best days are ahead of me.
(Jennifer Lopez)

It Would Be Very Difficult To Turn Down The England Job

In football, the simple truth is that it’s impossible for everyone to win.
Years and years ago, the football chairman was a local businessman from the town, but now you don’t find many people buying clubs because they’ve supported them for years and it’s still in their blood.
These days, you’ve got all these billionaire owners and they all want to win all of the time.
That’s a problem for managers, because these new owners are simply not used to losing and have very little patience.

I like to make everybody I meet feel like I know them.
That’s who I am.
I try to be nice and give people my time.
We have a lot of seriously ill kids coming into the training ground at Tottenham and we try to make sure they have a fantastic time.
We’re in the position where we can bring a bit of happiness into people’s lives.

Managing your country is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
It would be very difficult to turn down the England job if I was offered it.
That said, I would miss the day-to-day contact with the players at the training ground – it’s something I really enjoy about the job.

(Harry Redknapp)

Follow Your Own Path And Be True To Yourself

I don’t like anything that has to do with working physically.
If it involves sitting down or shopping, then I’m excellent at it.
(Serena Williams)

I don’t feel bad about any of the things I’ve done and gone through, whether it’s divorce, break-ups or anything like that, because it’s all part of life’s journey.
(Reese Witherspoon)

While it’s very nice to be noticed, I’m not seduced by fame.
What I want is for my music to be remembered.
That’s what one of my heroines Nina Simone achieved for herself and no way could you call her an artist who was always on the airwaves.
These days nothing lasts.
Music is like fast food – you’re in, then out.
We choose and consume, feast and forget, then rush on to the next hot thing.
There’s no point chasing that kind of success because it’s so transient.
Far better to follow your own path and be true to yourself.
(Emeli Sande)

It’s definitely every woman’s fantasy to have two hot, sexy guys battling over you.
But I don’t think it happens too often in real life.
(Reese Witherspoon)

Remember What Margaret Thatcher Did

The film (The Iron Lady) suggests that Thatcher stood up bravely against a male establishment and she was a women’s champion.
Nothing was further from the truth.
Thatcher mobilised every arm of the state against striking miners and coalfield women who were defending their jobs, their children’s futures and their communities.
Anyone watching this film needs to be able to distinguish the facts from the fiction.
If your children cannot find work today, remember what Margaret Thatcher did to smash industry.
(Toni Bennett)