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Sound bites: January–March 2004


I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?
Joan Baez, American singer and songwriter

I look in the mirror and I like what I see and I think I am more pleasing to others too.
Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister, on his recent plastic surgery

It is about the only thing I have done that any of my kids have considered worthy of comment.
Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, on his appearing in The Simpsons

If something is worth doing, then it's worth overdoing.
Justin Hawkins, British rock singer with The Darkness

My idea of a superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
Bette Midler, American actress

The kind of child you have depends almost entirely on how you bring it up. Genes and inherited dispositions are pieces of trivia really.
Robert Winston, British obstetrician and gynaecologist



20/04/2004

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