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"When I was about eight years old, I started my own business making handmade scrunchies I sewed on my grandmother’s Singer sewing machine and sold for $1 a piece," the Duchess wrote in the caption. "I sold Girl Scout cookies, had lemonade stands, worked in a frozen yogurt shop and had countless other jobs. My entrepreneurial spirit was always there."— Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, in the Instagram caption for As Ever's holiday collection

The law around assisted dying must change and change quickly.

— Dame Esther Rantzen, broadcaster, charity founder, and assisted-dying campaigner; said after noting she could not travel to Dignitas and describing the law as 'messy and cruel'.

I didn't want to be domestic. I wanted to be free. I had my songs to sing, I had an ambition and it burned inside me. It was something I knew would take me out of the mountains. I knew I could see worlds beyond the Smoky Mountains.

— Dolly Parton, in her 1977 Rolling Stone cover story

In a world that’s constantly changing and often overcomplicating health and wellness, I want to be an anchor that reminds people to come back to themselves and their bodies. I want to empower people to take agency over their health and fall in love with taking care of themselves.

— Kirsty Godso, New Zealand-born, LA-based fitness expert, quoted in The A team: meet the Antipodeans redefining wellness on a global stage