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" The state of some of our roads is a matter of national embarrassment. "

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

" 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. "

" If something looks like a tax avoidance scheme, then that's probably what it is - and there's lots of clever people working day and night to close them down. "

" 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. "

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

" I can conduct and play musical instruments, but dancers' counting is different - they only go to eight beats, which doesn't relate to a bar. "

" I dread my trial at the pearly gates - knowing my luck, I'll be hot on the heels of a blameless nun who will be ushered straight to a luscious cloud with prime sea views. "

" I propose that matchmaking should be approached like a corporate business venture. It can be risky, but I have discovered that the potential profits from acquisitions and mergers cannot be underestimated. "

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

" I like people to be authentic, thoughtful, and honest. "

" 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 celebrate Christmas with wilful glee. "

" Would it be a big step forward for the LGBTQI community if there were same-sex couples on 'Strictly?' Do me a favour. Some things ain't politics, and 'Strictly' is one of them. "

" Anyone who's been in my court knows my maxim: 'If you make them, you pay for them!' "

" When I first heard Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way,' I looked out the window for the car alarm going off. "

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

" There's something fundamentally grubby about the rich paying people to seek out cracks in the system to hide their money. "

" On TV, the nitty-gritty of trials takes place between commercial breaks, whereas, of course, reality is infinitely more complex. True crime also makes us more empathetic. "

" I was an appalling person to teach. At 14, I was pretty advanced. I would read all the books in a few minutes, and I was bored. It must have been awful for a teacher to have a bright boy who's giving them his undivided indifference. "

" 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. "

" I'm not as conscious as I should be about my diet and eating a healthy balance of fruit and vegetables because I do so much exercise. However, I love good grilled fish and Mediterranean/Middle-Eastern salads. "

" I did a couple of plays at university, badly, where I made friends with Benedict Cumberbatch. When you see someone like him acting, it makes you think there's not much point in doing it yourself. "

" Let's start spreading work experience and opportunities a little wider so that the photographers, writers, and TV producers of tomorrow are drawn from a broader section of society. "

" Most people assume that when you go to court and win your case that you are guaranteed to get your money. Sadly, this isn't always the case. "

" If an employer decides to flout the law, it may be guilty of criminal offences and subject to serious financial liability. "

" We need journalists to be fearless and hold power to account. "

" 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. "

" Ultimately, whenever you have a new opportunity, do it with gusto and fun and be wholly indifferent to what other people think. "

" I'm not pretending when I'm in that court room. "

" If every person charged with a crime was allowed to claim money from the authorities when their case was dropped, our police would end up spending all their time defending claims for compensation. "