"More than men, women tried to pull me down. After the first chargesheet came out, people from all corners of our social life descended upon me with their claws out."

""Social media can be a dark place if you let trolls control your narrative.”"

""I was married thrice but fell in love only twice”."

"“Whatever people feel about me is irrelevant. Even at the cost of being called a narcissist I’ll do what makes me happy. But somewhere, up there, the big guy is doing karmic justice for me.”"

"“I was successful, little did I know that women aren’t allowed to. Ambition is a man’s domain after all.”"

"“I have forgiven all those people who have hurt me during this process and I would say that one must learn how to forget people.”"

"I've not been the perfect mom, but that does not make me a murderer."

"“I am going to get acquitted in this case because I haven’t done it.”"

"“I am convinced about one thing: Sheena is definitely alive, and I know she’s roaming around somewhere.”"

"“When a man makes it big, do you say that he is a social climber? You don’t say that. How does a man get from nowhere to becoming a CEO? I’m sure he has done something. I don’t know whether he slept with his boss. I don’t know whether he did whatever he had to do, or whether he stabbed his boss and then became the CEO. I don’t know about that. Maybe it was just his capabilities. But it is very, very difficult for society to accept the same for a woman.”"

"“I fear for my life. I have not given my statement to IG Prisons. I confirm that I have not spoken to anyone.”"

"My life crashed, unexpectedly, one morning in 2015. I was accused of the most heinous crime there can be... My character was assassinated by people who did not know me. My chiffon sarees and body were the subjects of news. People who had never known me had a hot take on what I did and liked in life, and I was labelled a bad mother."

"“So many people asked how I didn’t cry during the documentary. I will cry in my own private moments. I cannot kick butt and sit and cry simultaneously. Why should I show my tears to you? I will not.”"

"I am not going to go back to jail."

"" “My first relationship was more of an arrangement for situations and circumstances that I was thrown into. But I have been very clear that I was definitely never in love,”"

"“I think HMRC is quite disadvantaged because we don’t have a choice about who we serve. We have to serve 30 million taxpayers and that’s what makes us different from private businesses.”"

"“Be glad for what you have, not sad for what you have not.”"

"“We feel deeply, deeply sorry for the distress that we have caused to many customers in bringing personal tax records up to date, and particularly vulnerable customers. I think one of the big groups in each of those years has been pensioners. We have been working through each of these years with ministers and seeking counsel on how we can ameliorate the impact of all of that.”"

"“The key big building blocks for this include the reconciliation exercise that we are going through at the moment, which was well covered in the media, where we have many more people getting refunds of tax overpaid than we have, demonstrating a commitment to fairness alongside enforcement.”"

"“HMRC and I personally regret any anxiety that customers have suffered, and I will come to each of the points that you have made in terms of how many people have the right code and paid the right amount of tax in the totality of the system.”"

"We serve everybody. We don't have a choice about who we serve."

"“Our staff are our greatest asset, and we need to be open and honest and really listen to their views on how we can succeed. Staff management is the most challenging task facing the civil service at present.”"

"I often joke about it that I have a thick skin."

"I think it takes a lot of resilience for sure."

"I wanna make it count and I’m very happy to have members of team Chanel here with me."

"Everyone's voice matters, not just the ones who speak loudly."

"I respect what each person brings-their values, beliefs, and individuality."

"We don't see enough role models like that."

"The one thing they'll tell you about me is that I really care about people it's not lip service."

"When you care for people, they care for the business in return."

"If I'm in a meeting, I want to listen to every voice because I truly believe in collective intelligence."

"That was like the number one concern, how is this girl ever gonna find her husband."

"It's about doing it properly, keeping the person in mind."

"You have to do tough things in business, but doing them compassionately is very important to me."

"I remember my mom saying, “oh my God, you’re so ambitious."

"My husband and both my boys are here. *I’m pretty sure they never watched any of the links I sent them."

"How do I ensure I make it easier for those who come after me."

"I truly believe in benevolence, kindness, compassion, and empathy."

"I’m not allowed to say I’m a lousy engineer because the founders I met this morning who are in the audience, and thank you, StartX founders told me."

"I remember everything was a negotiation."

"You’ve got to do tough things in business, but doing it compassionately is very important."

"I truly believe in benevolence, in kindness, in compassion, in empathy."

"It really matters that I set a brand of leadership that’s about compassion and empathy."

"I had never looked at a business newspaper like the Financial Times."

"Sometimes such a lateral entry is also an advantage."

"The individual parts are always the same, but someone may have shaken them together overnight."

"When I was sent on a management skills training course for one of my previous employers, I realized that people are motivated by very different things."

"It's self-reliance and independence that count."

"We each have to find out for ourselves what we like and good, and then simply more of it do."

"I didn’t enjoy it as much."