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		My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olivier Martinez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natalia Vodianova 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Kruger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carine Roitfeld 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the reasons we all still read Jane Austen is because her books are about universal things which still matter today - love, money, family. They haven't gone out of fashion, so it's not throwing the baby out with the bathwater to rework her in a contemporary style. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Val McDermid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yancy Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Sinatra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do medicine. I used to go to drama classes when I was younger, and she would always take me. But when I got to an age when I decided it was what I wanted to do, when she accepted it, she had actually been the most supportive person ever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iain De Caestecker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's always good news when you're closer to the truth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fabiola Gianotti 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fiona Apple 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katharine Butler Hathaway 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Rodgers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When anybody goes to L.A. from London, there's always this slight sense of, 'What are you doing? Who do you think you are? It's never gonna happen.' It's the classic, good-natured British cynicism. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Weeks