Joanna Scanlan
British actress and writer
Having someone to love.
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Kyoto, when Tony Blair gave me the opportunity to start the first legislative framework for climate change.
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Marc Almond
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Still being here, aged 60. If I thought I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
One of the things that Michelle and I are proud of is that we came through the White House with our souls intact. Everybody has heard: Power corrupts. I do think if you are placed in such an artificial situation, and your office has great importance, there is a tendency for people to want to please you. To not be as honest with you. We fought against that.
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How much my son loves me, particularly considering I’ve had a huge career.
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As an aggressive bugger.
My mother, because I didn’t appreciate how proud she was of me being deputy prime minister. She ended up doing more press than me, and I was too sensitive and reacted.
To learn to relax and enjoy it.
Perfume for the wife, and the Jaguars. They were always secondhand. I have had every kind except the E-Type.
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