“My family wasn't troubled by much dysfunction. The most hotly contested issue was probably 'Who is going to have the most peas?'”

—  Griff Rhys Jones

Consequently, I haven't got much time for angst. Anything that happens to you is your own responsibility.

Michael Odell, "This much I know: Griff Rhys Jones" http://arts.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1939605,00.html, The Guardian, November 5 2006.

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