I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.

Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.

Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.

Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man's attitude may be, that problem is hers - and before it can be his, it is hers alone.

The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.