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" For me, Lord Mountbatten represented the grandfather I never had. "

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" All the time I feel I must justify my existence. "

" The whole of the 20th century has always put the car at the center. So by putting the pedestrian first, you create these livable places, I think, with more attraction and interest and character. "

" As long as I do not take myself too seriously, I should not be too badly off. "

" All my life, people have been telling me what to do. I'm tired of it. My private life has become an industry. "

" That's called a microphone. It's a big sausage that picks up everything you say - and you're starting early. "

" There is an old show business saying which warns never to work with animals or children, but nobody prepared me for Molly Meldrum. "

" As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration. "

" I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it and to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them. "

" I'm not very good at being a performing monkey. "

" Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear. "

" We can halt the destruction of the world's rainforests - and even restore parts of them - in order to ensure that the forests do what they are so good at - in other words, storing carbon naturally. "

" I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents. "

" The medieval Islamic world, from Central Asia to the shores of the Atlantic, was a world where scholars and men of learning flourished. But because we have tended to see Islam as the enemy of the West, as an alien culture, society, and system of belief, we have tended to ignore or erase its great relevance to our own history. "

" Women are not automatically second-class citizens because they live in Islamic countries. We cannot judge the position of women in Islam aright if we take the most conservative Islamic states as representative of the whole. "

" Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes. "

" Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress? "

" I think I can safely say that, as adolescents, most people have excess energy to spare and need adventure, excitement, and a challenge. "

" It's always marvelous to have somebody who, you know, you feel understands and wants to encourage. "

" It's always nice to have somebody on your side. "

" As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above the parapet and generally getting it shot off for pointing out what has always been blindingly obvious to me. "

" I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability. "

" There's nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something. "

" It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells us about everything - until, that is, it comes to climate science. "

" We would never comment on private correspondence. "

" We're busily wrecking the chances for future generations at a rapid rate of knots by not recognizing the damage we're doing to the natural environment, bearing in mind that this is the only planet that we know has any life on it. "

" We might be more inclined to think about the longer term if we were more aware of what is happening around us. Perhaps daily weather forecasts could include a few basic facts about the Earth's vital signs or details of where climate change is increasing the likelihood of damaging weather? "

" Extremism is no more the monopoly of Islam than it is the monopoly of other religions, including Christianity. "

" We need to be realistic. There is very little we can do now to stop the ice from disappearing from the North Pole in the summer. And we probably cannot prevent the melting of the permafrost and the resulting release of methane. In addition, I fear that we may be too late to help the oceans maintain their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. "

" I'd rather go by bus. "

" I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet. "