Diana Penty
Diana Penty

Cocktail' happened overnight for me. I didn't have the time to think about it, I suddenly got into films without even realising what I was doing.

Duncan Jones
Duncan Jones

My parents did call me Zowie now and then, but then, realising that it drew too much attention, they called me 'Joe'. Then, later, I sort-of co-opted my own name back.

Ellyse Perry
Ellyse Perry

More girls are taking up sport and realising it's a legitimate option for them to forge a career.

Elvira Nabiullina
Elvira Nabiullina

What pleases us is that people are realising that punishment is inevitable for those who don't respect the law.

Erin O'Connor
Erin O'Connor

Fashion is intoxicating, and it plays a part in all of our everyday lives. A lot of people use it as a form of escape, of realising a fantasy, and in some ways that becomes an unobtainable norm.

Essam El Hadary
Essam El Hadary

I'm used to realising all my dreams and targets through my determination and ambition.

Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle

I did a ski festival in Austria once. I was struck by how friendly Austrians were, before gradually realising it's more that Glaswegians are awful.

Freya Ridings
Freya Ridings

Going to school, sort of not realising that caring about things was going to make me stand out and make me weird, and I think also being a redhead and being tall, bigger than the other kids... Anything that makes you different at school makes you a target.

Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown

The best way of realising our high ideals is to show that we have an alternative in government that is credible, that is radical, and is electable - is neither a pale imitation of what the Tories offer nor is it the route to being a party of permanent protest rather than a party of government.

Grant Shapps
Grant Shapps

When I was starting a small printing shop in Wembley, I vividly remember coming out of the cinema, realising I had spent the two hours worrying about that month's payroll, rather than focusing on the film.