Quotes of the day

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I used to get a sense of power when I performed, but I’ve lost my ego. I don’t have that drive to be a star Maybe it’s got something to do with being a mum. At some point ‘me, me, me’ gets a littlebitdull.wheniwasyounger, I used to get high off basking in the adulation. Now I’d rather be jamming around a piano. Former Spice Girl Geri Horner. “

I love making an audience gasp. I don’t crave the sound of applause. I crave the sound of sharply indrawn breath. That’s a good sound.

Dame Edna Everage creator Barry Humphries on the “racial humour” of his other character, Sir Les Patterson.

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We can anticipate, at best, a bumpy road to the negotiations. In this moment, we are steadfastly committed to strengthening even further our defence cooperation as the best means for preserving the peace.

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on the planned North Korea/ United States summit.

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The negotiations to unscramble the eggs of social, of economic, of environmental integration with Europe are going to go on for five or 10 years.

David Miliband, former Labour foreign secretary.

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A 20-year-old staring out of a senior citizen.

Actor Sir David Jason on what he sees when he looks in a mirror.