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" I love the royal family. I even got up in the middle of the night to watch Kate and William's wedding. And I never miss the Queen's speech on Christmas Day. I feel it's my duty as an English-born woman to watch. "

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" Every July, I look forward to taping a Christmas show - in July in Nashville. In 98-degree weather. I love it. "

" When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I got it. I didn't come out of my room for years after that. I'd get invited to the movies and I'd say, 'I'm gonna finish a couple of demos.' "

" My wife's brother has a little house on a small island in the Baltic Sea, and we go there at Christmas. The 30-minute crossing from the mainland to this island is the most terrifying cruise you'll ever take. They give you a barf bag when you walk on board. "

" I'm well-travelled so I can see places coming up. I went to St. Croix in the West Indies at Christmas and it had been hit by a really bad tornado. Values there have gone down but I guarantee they will be up again in eight years. So I'll get in now while it's cheap as chips. "

" No matter what else is going on, Christmas is my all-time favorite period in the year. It has a positive effect on me like very little else does, seasonally, that is. "

" I'm passionate about speaking out against bullying and speaking up for self-awareness with young people and body-image issues and self-esteem issues. "

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" I owe my life to my father. I remember that my first Christmas present was a ball. In the district where we lived, there weren't many kids who had one. "

" Fragrance is a very personal gift, and I think that's why it makes a great Christmas gift. There's a very distinct signature to it, so if you give it as a gift, I like to think that it's from a person that thinks very highly of you. "

" I think Christmas is about celebration and come on, on the inside everyone wants to dance. "

" Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion. "

" I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song. "

" I grew up believing in Santa Claus, and we still treat our house at Christmas with a huge reverence for that belief - even though our children are 19 through 23. "

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" I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch. "

" He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. "

" It's bad enough being conned into singing an anti-war message by John Lennon when you think you're just wishing everyone a merry Christmas. "

" I really love what Chuck Berry did with Christmas music, and also the Rat Pack Christmas stuff, which I listened to all through my childhood. "

" One thing I've always loved and rated me dad for is that, because of him, I've never seen the Queen's Christmas speech. "

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" We try to make the name longer and longer every year. First, it was 'Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular.' Then it was 'It's a Very Larry Christmas.' Now it's 'Larry the Cable Guy's Hula-palooza Christmas Luau.' I'll tell you what it is: It's funny. That's what it is. Who cares what the name of it is? It is a funny special. "

" Nothing is as peaceful as when Christmas is over, when one has been forgiven for everything and can be normal again. "

" The worst gift I have ever gotten on Christmas is going to see Tim Allen in 'The Santa Clause.' "

" I'm trying to be the most vibrant version of myself. "

" You don't want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what's out there now does - you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree. "

" I'm Jewish, so I don't really do Christmas gifts, and Hanukkah is not as big a deal as gifts are concerned, so I never actually give gifts. "

" Now that I'm an adult and have a big say in what we eat on Christmas Day, turkey doesn't even make it on to the starting grid for consideration. It isn't just my least favourite meat; it's my least favourite protein. "

" Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do. "

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" A title means marketing. It means that company's coming soon, and you'd better get out the Christmas lights so they don't miss your house. "

" I've grown up seeing the pros and cons but I love it and I've always wanted to act. Throughout all the rejections at auditions, and especially when I finally did get something, both my parents have been so supportive and always told me it is all about passion and, if I was doing it because I love it, there's no wrong choice. "

" I find that I'm really attracted to mysterious creatives, and I love people that are able to put their emotions out there for not just the world to see, but just that are giving of their emotions, but a little bit mysterious and elusive as well. "

" I eat everything I want on Christmas day. I really don't watch what I eat. It's not like you have Christmas every day! "