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Let’s not give up on sanity. Prisons minister Rory Stewart.

You train for like 12 hours a day, everything hurts, you’re in bits, you don’t know the routine, you’re driving yourself loopy, it’s a hard gig but it’s so worthwhile.

Stacey Dooley, on being a contestant in Strictly Come Dancing.

For me, alcohol is like fire, water, religion, politics and many other things: it’s not the thing itself, it’s what you do with it. It can do you and others harm, or a little good. I think I am managing to edge from one to the other.

Broadcaster Adrian Chiles, who has cut down on his drinking.