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"I think it's better if she stays in the House of Commons, don't you? At least it keeps her off the stage" - Miriam Margolyes, actress, on Glenda Jackson, now a transport minister.

"I prefer mashed potato to exercise. So I have - how you say it? - muscles like mashed potatoes" - Jean-Paul Gaultier, fashion designer.

"I am not sure if I am ironically post-modern or post-modern ironical" - Terry Wogan, broadcaster.

"We are a young, vibrant, modern and forward-looking organisation made up of people with vision and energy. We are not old duffers" - Tim Lamb, chief executive of the English Cricket Board.