We have no target for the number of medals we hope to win in 2012 - yet. But we want every kid in the country to have the chance to have the best opportunities.

The majority should not be punished and subjected to a licensing curfew because of the bad behavior of the minority.

Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world.

The adventures of the boy who doesn't want to grow up has universal appeal. We all want to keep something of the child in us.

I've chosen Peter Pan by JM Barrie as my favourite children's book.

Digital television is no longer a probability, it is a certainty.

The prospect of the UK without a BBC funded by the licence fee is anywhere between improbable and impossible.

I'm not a stranger, " I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.

Of course, the downside of attending a fictional school is that our lacrosse team sucks.

There is no problem so big it cannot be run away from.

I broke things to get attention.

Athletics is a great sport with many different events and athletes come in all shapes and sizes. I'm one of the smallest athletes on the track. They call me the 'pocket rocket'.

If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.

Writers are like eremites or anchorites - natural-born eremites or anchorites - who seem puzzled as to why they went up the pole or into the cave in the first place.

Would that I were the heaven, that I might be all full of love-lit eyes to gaze on thee.

You tell me your favorite novelists and I'll tell you whom you vote for, or whether you vote at all.

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