"The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive agreement which would see all outstanding matters dealt with and the Good Friday Agreement implemented in full."

"The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union."

"For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms."

"We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works."

"Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection."

"Being the lead of the show and working a lot of hours - all good stuff, a tremendous education, incredible opportunity, it changed my life - it was a marathon, and by the end of it I was pretty beat."

"I've been working with the National Lung Health Education Program to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease."

"I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it."