"“As a country we walked away from apprenticeships and manufacturing generally. Now it’s very much back on the agenda, but we’ve got a lot of catching up to do to make sure we’re got the right skills.""

"Your success is not your own, it is determined by many other influences"

"“my words can’t express gratitude but the smile of a child is the greatest motivation and is enormously rewarding”"

""Honesty and integrity are critical to human behaviour"."

"You have to reflect very closely on decisions you make as they affect not only you but also others around you."

"You need to step back, don’t judge and take a breath"

"Being great is being passionate about what you do and seeing the benefit of that through the eyes of other people."

"No matter how big or small, all contributions are meaningful"

""Giving is very important: giving of yourself and giving of your time"."

"You need to believe in yourself and others around you that are able and willing to assist you."

"Selling food on the streets is very uncertain. You’ve got to be a bit of a gambler and you’ve got to be really, really resilient and willing to get on with a lot of hard work. It’s really physical, but for those who ‘get it’, it creates an amazing energy to be around. I wanted to create more of that."

"I love consolidating talents. I wanted to create a new movement that provides strength in numbers for street traders and cultivates more people doing great food on the streets. Festival organisers prefer to deal with collectives rather than individuals."

"We want to democratise good food. The idea of 'street food' is being trendified as a career option. But we're saying: let's leverage this so it touches all cultures, not just middle-class life-changers."

"Ask yourself if you’re ready to get comfortable with nothing being predictable and flying by the seat of your pants for the foreseeable future. If you like to have certainty about your future, this may not be for you."

"“Now is the time to plan your future by learning a depression proof business.”"

"The best kind of questions comes from the children,they ask incredibly honest questions.Maybe we could learn from them,it would make the world a better place if we had the confidence to ask questions that kids ask.There is something about them that fulfils what you do as an artist as a way to inspire the next generation"

"There is something incredibly powerful about the soil of Africa and for me it is to inspire a child to see a different Africa and also take them on a journey.The music at the end is a little bonus,but the biggest part of me is describing Africa and also the questions"

"We are attached to the culture of where we grew up and for me is the umuntu culture,the human being part of that culture"

"It is my role to tell stories,I am not an actress,and that will be a nice challenge very exciting"

"I have met people from my culture who are probably too shy to say they are Zimbabweans,or embrace and be proud of this vibrant culture.I am unashamedly proud of it"

"Someone that you always took seriously, someone that you did not dare ignore."

"She broke her own glass ceiling for black women. She used her money and power in a very constructive way."

"Feel the fear and do it anyway"

"Go with your passion"

"Ask for help – you don’t know until you ask"

"Find a mentor or coach – sometimes just to help you clarify your own thoughts by talking an idea thorough"

"Embrace every opportunity that comes your way"

"You curl your hair, you make yourself look pretty. We are just as attractive as white people"

"“As long as there are women in the world, there will always be beauty establishments.”"