Me being a black girl in London, whose mom is first-generation African and whose dad is West Indian, gives me a different view. I'm coming at soul from my own place.

At different times I taught humanities, social sciences and pre-vocational education.

Being tiny has been difficult for me in a business that regarded physicality as the most important part of your life.

However, the Government has made it clear that we do not encourage the recruitment of teachers from developing nations where there may be an adverse effect on the economy.

I do recognise that, where recruitment difficulties persist, teachers can be put under great pressure.

You can do anything you want to do.

Women's chains have been forged by men, not by anatomy.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 - and 11,000 higher than 1997.

If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.

The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.

I like to comepletly give in to the emotion. If i pretend I´m not sad, if I try smiling through it, and pretend like everything´s fine, it makes it worse. When i give in and let it out, I feel better.

Myself, first of all, I am a Jew. And that is the most important thing for me.

Shannon isn't really my brother...Actually he's the love of my life.

When I was young, no one wanted to be one; now even the President of the United States would call himself an outsider. So now I'm for insiders.

A human life gains lustre and strength only when it is polished and tempered.

An intelligent, energetic, educated woman cannot be kept in four walls - even satin-lined, diamond-studded walls - without discovering sooner or later that they are still a prison cell.

I smoke a blunt once every blue moon. But hey, the moon looks kinda blue tonight.

Baby girl, Cross is a tsunami.

Strain your brain more than your eye.

In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.