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" As you get older, things conk out. It's a bit like a car. As long as it's something the mechanics can fix, you can chug on for a few more thousand miles. "
Fix
Like
Long
" Children give life a reason to be - they make life. "
Give
Life
Make
" I always tell the adults at my dance school, 'Men, you are going to have to do something that you are absolutely not used to: you have got to take command and be the boss.' Because - and this is just an observation - women get their way. "
Boss
Dance
Men
" I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn't pull it out and chop the roots up. "
Plant
Roots
Think
" I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness. "
Am
I Am
Kindness
" I am good in bed - I don't snore. I don't take the duvet. I just lay there and go straight off to sleep. That's all you want out of a bloke. "
Good
Bed
Sleep
" I can't do most things, if I'm honest, but cooking I definitely can't do. "
Cooking
Things
Most
" I come from a broken home. My parents split up when I was nine. Everyone gave me a good wallop. But I come from a time when you just put up with that, you got on with things rather than sitting moaning about them. "
Parents
Time
Broken
" I get so annoyed at people not looking after their parents. The deal is when we are growing up they look after us and as they grow older we look after them. That's the deal. "
Looking
Growing Up
People
" I haven't danced since 1973; I'm too old. "
Since
Too
Old
" I'm a technophobe. I can't crack the iPhone, and the extent of my multitasking is being able to talk while I make a drink. "
Able
Talk
iPhone
" I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself. "
I Am
Old
Myself
" I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight. "
Feel
Flight
Hate
" I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really. "
Life
Way
Great
" I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me; it's something I'm doing. "
Doing
Never
Me
" I won't eat anything I can't spell or wouldn't tread in. "
Eat
Anything
Tread
" Life is precious and relationships are precious. I'm a great believer in family. "
Precious
Great
Family
" Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman gets on my nerves.' "
People
You
Say
" On the dance floor, as much as you say, 'Ladies, you are the car. He is the driver. You can only go where he takes you,' they still try to be in control. "
Control
You
Try
" There are no gentlemen in anything competitive - you want to win. "
Anything
You
Win
" The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out. "
Know
Baking
You
" The trouble when you die is that everyone says you were nice. I would like to be thought of as genuinely nice. I would like there to be people who can honestly say, 'Len! Oh yeah, there was more good than bad in him.' "
Thought
You
Good
" The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall. "
Lucky
Fall
Truth Is
" You have to speak your mind, but without being cruel. "
Without
Your
You
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