"The child..will try to make himself..independent of other people. .. Excesses of appetite are self-cures for feelings of hopelessness. ..The child [uses] ‘doubt about food to hide doubt about love.’"

“I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.”

“I don't like being shouted at.”

Source : "Q & A With Lesley Nicol of Downton Abbey: Salty Raspberry Meringue, Adventures in Pretend Cooking + How Mrs. Patmore is Like Gordon Ramsay". Interview with Margy Rochlin, www.laweekly.com. January 5, 2013.

“The FEAR of becoming dehydrated causes dehydration. As with so many things in our life, it is because we KNOW it is a problem that it is a problem.”

Source : Interview with Mick Grant & John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. December 01, 2011.

“Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.”

Source : Dodie Smith (2012). “I Capture the Castle”, p.40, Random House

“I know how hard it will be to follow the best manager ever, but the opportunity to manage Manchester United isn't something that comes around very often and I'm really looking forward to taking up the post next season.”

Source : "David Moyes has six years to make his mark at Manchester United" by Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2013.

“Many women arrange their lives around the people they love. Unfortunately, that arrangement takes up most of our days.”

Source : "Our Muses, Ourselves: Why Women Like Me Run Away From Home" by Holly Robinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 10, 2011.

“I don't say that I never feel fear before a performance, but I have learned to channel it.”

“Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.”