"Whatever situation you are in, that is what is normal for you."
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"People can forgive each other."
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"I made a supreme effort not to do that thing that parents do, which is to bore people without children to death by going on and on about how funny their children are, so there's none of that hopefully."
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"If you want to get a pet for your child, I suggest a chicken so that when they get bored of it after a couple of days at least you can have a nice roast dinner."
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"It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed, who are unkind, who are a bit rubbish at their job, who are in the wrong career."
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"Everything becomes magnified at night. Sounds travel in a different way, it's dark, and everything seems far more spooky."
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"With proper acting, I don't know what I would play - I got sent a script for a play, and it said in the notes that my proposed character was 'hideously fat and ugly'. That made my day. I mean, I do know I am no oil painting."
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"Again, with two small children it's incredibly hard to commit yourself to anything because you're just getting interested in it and someone comes along and goes I want Thomas The Tank Engine on, and screams the place down until you put it on."
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"I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic."
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"You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men."
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"Wild men are so enormously attractive."
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"What could be funnier than a fat person trying to run a marathon?"
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"When I was a nurse I never had much money, and I was still happy then."
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"When you have children your house smells very unpleasant all the time."
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"With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to go shopping is way down the list. It is something I do intend to get."
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"Let's face it: I am not a professional runner."
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"It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up."
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"It's actually very hard when you're settled in one place to completely uproot yourself and go."
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"In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy hair."
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"Privatisation splits hospital services into increasingly small packages."
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