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" I really want to emphasise this - 'Strictly' is a positive show. It's interesting that it gets cast into this, understandably, the ordinary net of reality shows, but there's no part of it which feels nihilistic or unpleasant. It's all about learning something and doing well, and you feel this overwhelming sense of people wanting you to do well. "

Robert Rinder

Positive

Reality

" If you are a politician who styles yourself as a model of family virtue but are having a secret affair, you have no right to expect it to remain secret. "

" My father is a taxi driver, and my mother ran a small business. I hadn't even met a barrister before I got my first shot at the legal profession. But back then, I was lucky enough to be given a break - I can't help but wonder if I would be so lucky today. "

" If you are concerned you are the victim of illegal corporate surveillance, you should seek specialist - and independent - legal advice at once. "

" Even my trolls have started taking the trouble to spell their Tweets correctly, which is thoughtful. "

" The reality is that when you're a barrister, you're trained, and you've got ethical structures. You've got to follow the evidence, and that's that. "

" No matter how excluded you have become from Christmas, it is a genuinely inclusive matter; frankly, you are conscripted into it. "

" Verbal contracts are about as useful as a fart on a treadmill. "

" I think if you put 100% into anything and you do it with authenticity and enthusiasm, then it really shines through. "

" As efficiently as our phones connect us to one another, and as much as we take advantage of that, we must remember that they have the power to alienate us, too. "

" In theory, I absolutely love to work from home, in all its warmth and comfort, but have reluctantly been forced to confess that it's a total failure. "

" It is extremely hard to bring a claim for compensation against the police or the Crown Prosecution Service, even when a person has been charged with an offence and later cleared. "

" My sexuality, in terms of 'Strictly' or whatever else I do in my life, ought to be as irrelevant as the length of my big toe. "

" I think with 'Strictly,' people don't want you to do badly. They're willing you to do well. "

" One of the happy consequences of my brain is that I rarely sleep. "

" Above all else, look around to employ the best talent you possibly can. "

" Great broadcasting requires all of us, those who are in positions of power and especially those who are in positions to employ people, to remember you need to look towards the greatest conceivable palate to create greatness. "

" Going to salsa clubs may be popular, but I feel we're really missing something as a society by overlooking ballroom dancing. If only we could persuade schools to teach it or there was somewhere young people could go on a Saturday night to learn it. "

" The only thing I knew would make my grandmother more proud than watching my TV courtroom was to see me dressed up in white tie doing the foxtrot. "

Robert Rinder

White

Proud

" I was in the National Youth Theatre, too, but there was no dancing there. I was doing plays like 'Julius Caesar' and playing the lute very badly. "

" We need to be able to turn to our immediate circle to ascertain whether our internal checks and balances are functional and to be able to rely on them to point out gross errors. "

" My musical taste is somewhat dated - I mean, freeze frame, go back 60 years, and you're in my comfort zone. "

" I realise I'm known for doing big, very serious cases, but fundamentally, any lawyer will tell you that even the most complex trials come down to the same questions. Are people telling porky pies? Are bank accounts dodgy? Is someone trying to get one over on you? It's my job to listen and then decide. "

" Serious crime is very, very rare, and I think all of us are interested because they are rare and unusual. If they were banal and everyday, we wouldn't be interested in them at all. "

" I think I'm incredibly stoic. If I have a bad headache, it takes a while before I reach for a tablet. "

" One of the things about being a law student is that the academic discipline of law is very often removed from the practical reality of law. How to complain, who to complain to, and whether or not you even need to invoke the law is very different in the real world from how it's examined in the lecture theatre. "

" There's certainly more chance of me winning 'Strictly' than having an affair with my dance partner, but you know, who knows? "

Robert Rinder

Chance

Dance

" It is splendid to be supportive when you see those around you doing well, but blind praise is easier than harsh facts. "

" I really worry about the way in which you, as a celebrity, are disproportionately treated. Frankly, the industry is almost single-handedly designed to interfere with people's moral chemistry. "

" I don't want to be a total moron and be just known as the jazz-handed judge. "