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		Being born not long after the war meant that money was tight. I grew up in a rural corner of Lincolnshire and my father worked on local farms. Being one of nine kids meant we didn't have much.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Geoff Capes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zubin Mehta 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edgardo Osorio 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Davenport 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				LaToya Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Saadi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rainbow Rowell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Han Fei 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Let's abolish the IRS, let's eliminate income tax, let's eliminate corporate tax, let's balance the federal budget, and if we need a tax, it can be one federal consumption tax. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most people marry their mother. I married my father. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wayne Gretzky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian Hart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi