Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
To stand up tall and aim for what you want.
Time & hindsight
What lesson has mattered most in your life?
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Adam Lambert
American singer
Compare and despair. Comparing yourself with someone else or what someone else is doing or what someone else has is a recipe for sadness. What matters is who you are and what you want.
Felicity Jones
British actress
Things, situations, people evolve constantly. Nothing is static.
Jason Manford
English comedian and singer
That there are more important things than being right.
Stress is bad for your health.
Tom Allen
British comedian
Never save anything for best.
Shaznay Lewis
English singer
That things change.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
English actor
To do the very best you can and then let it go.
The best way to spend time is to waste it.
Sacrifice the self and you will gain it. Serve the self and you will lose it.
That you get out of life what you put in. When you grow up on a farm you literally reap what you sow.
The more you face shame and stare it in the eyes and talk about it, the less potent it is.
Every single morning the sun comes up and you get to try again.
To keep trying to listen to yourself.
Everything’s temporary, and how to make aioli.
You are your own greatest asset.
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