QUOTES OF THE DAY

The Dalai Lama is up at 3.30am to work on his mind. I am up at 4.30 to work on mine.

Film star Richard Gere.

There were just eight people in my class, so while I was confident, I was definitely a big fish in a very small pond. When I did eventually join the BBC, I felt like a minnow.

TV weather presenter Carol Kirkwood.

There is just a community of people that are wanting to welcome you in Hollywood. People are trying to help each other. We’re colder in the UK. We continue to think of ourselves as competition. We forget that we’re all in the same boat. British actress Cynthia Erivo.

He’s making the most sensible decision he can. It’s a shame he didn’t make it a bit sooner but it’s the right thing to do. Undoubtedly the roads will be safer now. It won’t have been easy for him to make as it is a loss of independence. But he can work around it.

Emma Fairweather, who was injured in a road accident involving the Duke of Edinburgh, welcomes his decision to surrender his driving licence.

The fact that I am seen as a bit different in some respects I realise on some occasions makes young people think ‘I could have a go’ or ‘I might try, I feel different but I might try’. Cressida Dick, Metropolitan Police Commissioner.