Don't accept that you are in crisis just because everyone says you are.
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There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.
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So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb.
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My aunty says I'm the double of my father. He was a workaholic, which I've definitely inherited. And like me, he could be the life and soul of the party, but also quite withdrawn.
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Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want to hear and read about. I am not so sure.
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We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan.
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The media are obsessed with spin doctors and with portraying them as a bad thing, yet seem addicted to our medicine.
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I used to be very routine-based and the new thing in my life is not having a clear, full-time existence.
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My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals.