A cat will blink when struck with a hammer.
In 1995, I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket.
In 1960, I went to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and received the B. A. degree in Chemistry in 1964.
My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist.
Over the Christmas period, I spent time with both Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and you listen to stories and tales of how hard it can be when it's really hard, and I think we easily all talk ourselves into the proposition that it's never been as hard as this. Well it's been hard in the past. It's been really hard. So you keep doing it and, the more you do it, the more you gain strength and confidence that you can do it.
Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.
Lets face it: fitness is boring. But its critical to be extremely dedicated to whatever you decide to take up to achieve a desired result. Theres no way you are going to get there without dedication, which is the key for me.
Having just had a baby, I'm not going to be thinking about my arse.