Yorkshire Post

Words of the week

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I’VE twice the amount of work

to do. – Declan Donnelly, hosting Saturday Night Takeaway solo for the first time, jokes about the absence of his presenting partner Anthony McPartlin.

SO there’s something to do with attitudes... about confidence... about demanding what you are worth. – The Apprentice’s Karren Brady on equal pay and gender equality. MAJOR injustices still hold too many women back. – Theresa May who has promised fresh action to tackle the gender pay cap. HER courageous defiance was deeply inspiratio­nal to me and to generation­s of activists. – Desmond Tutu, the retired South African archbishop, on anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela, who died this week. DO we want a madwoman with silly shoes or a man who appears not to like Jewish people? – Jeremy Clarkson hits out at Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.

AS much as fame can be intrusive there’s also a lot of goodness that comes from it. Why not use that for some good? It’s not just about being able to queue jump at a party or being given free gifts. – TV’s Gok Wan.

AS a politician, you only meet two types of people. People with problems, and people who are right. – Broadcaste­r Gyles Brandreth, a former Tory MP.

IT’S been a long winter. It’s not gone our way throughout the whole trip. I thought the way we went about it today was brilliant. – Joe Root, England’s cricket captain.

FOR I actually the first felt time, comfortabl­e walking around in a swimming costume and not feeling like I had to cover everything up. – Birds Of A Feather star Linda Robson after losing weight.

I’ve surprised myself. – Triathlete Jessica Learmonth wins England’s first medal at the Commonweal­th Games. OUR dream is of a world where we recognise each other’s common humanity and that we shape for our children, peace, justice and opportunit­y for all. – Barack Obama on the 50th anniversar­y of civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King’s assassinat­ion.

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