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I've been all sorts of different shapes and sizes at different times in my life.

- Geri Halliwell

Life, My Life, Been, Different Shapes

'Spice Girls' is about unifying the world - every age, every gender, everyone. It's woman power, it's an essence, a tribe.

- Geri Halliwell

Woman, Gender, Everyone, Unifying

There will always be a few people who just want to knock you down or are jealous or just want to be horrible for the sake of it. I don't know what drives someone to be nasty.

- Geri Halliwell

Will, Always, Knock, Nasty

The thing is, when I feel like I have to lose weight, the opposite happens. I remember stuffing loads of chocolate on the plane to the shoot, and I thought, 'Why don't you have the courage to show up in a body that's natural, not overly worked out?'

- Geri Halliwell

I Remember, Stuffing, Plane, Overly

Perfectionism kills art. I find that if I criticise myself, it spoils the fun. You can get paralysed by analysis - it takes all the playfulness away.

- Geri Halliwell

Art, Away, Spoils, Perfectionism

My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent is when you think you've cracked it, and you're on top of your game, they change again and you have to catch up and adjust. I feel such a responsibility to instill good values in her, to be polite, to have discipline.

- Geri Halliwell

Gift, Parent, Polite, Adjust

It's really important to remember that most people in the public eye are human for a start and a lot of things that you read in the media get slightly misconstrued and manipulated.

- Geri Halliwell

Start, Slightly, Read, Public Eye

I've got an image of me at the bottom of my garden sitting under my silver birch tree reading, while everyone else had gone somewhere exotic.

- Geri Halliwell

Image, Bottom, Everyone Else, Garden

I obviously want to give a healthy body image to my own daughter. I think having good examples, eating properly, that's all one can do - and just be really loving around her. I've tried to give her confidence in who she is. I think she's all right in the confidence department.

- Geri Halliwell

Body, Own, I Think, Body Image

I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted.

- Geri Halliwell

Myself, Trying, Exhausted, Prop

It is a blessing to have pretty people around me. I like people who are sparky, positive. Evil, dark people are repelled by me: 'Oooh no! Too much sunlight.'

- Geri Halliwell

Positive, Pretty, Like, Blessing

I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful, but with love.

- Geri Halliwell

Love, Think, I Think, Truthful

For me, reading was always the great escape without getting your fingers burnt.

- Geri Halliwell

Me, Always, Getting, Burnt

I do get scared, but I think - like it says in another book I've read - feel the fear and do it anyway. I try to have courage, pray a little bit and work through it. I'd rather try, even if I fail.

- Geri Halliwell

Through, I Think, Rather, Scared

When I'm scared, my natural state is to hide and run for cover.

- Geri Halliwell

Natural, Hide, Cover, Scared

I have been wearing black, which was a reaction to the Ginger thing. But now I have hopes and I can be anything. Tomorrow I might be naked with a feather boa, who knows?

- Geri Halliwell

Feather, Been, Which, Ginger

I love being on the beach - it's my favourite place. I can chill out, read, listen to music, play with my daughter.

- Geri Halliwell

Love, Play, Read, Favourite Place

I've learnt that if I tell myself I'm not allowed something, I binge on it later. So if I want chocolate, I have chocolate. If I want biscuits, I have biscuits. I love cake. I just love cake.

- Geri Halliwell

Love, Biscuits, Allowed, Learnt

I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down.

- Geri Halliwell

More, Lot, Naturally, Accepting

I like doing accents. One of my friends works in hotel reservations and I'll ring her up and complain about the suite. Sometimes I get her.

- Geri Halliwell

Doing, Like, Works, Suite

On the beach, we women are at our most exposed and therefore most vulnerable. As any woman deserves to look and feel good, especially when she's away on holiday, she needs swimwear that pays proper attention to comfort and function. And there should also be some thought put into value.

- Geri Halliwell

Woman, Some, Away, Exposed

I have days of self-doubt, but I think the kindest thing I can do to myself is accept where my body is at.

- Geri Halliwell

Myself, Think, I Think, Kindest

I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster.

- Geri Halliwell

Tired, Go, Around, 20th Century

There's always going to be that pressure when you're in front of the camera. When you're famous it's just an extreme version of reality and there's a pressure to look a certain way.

- Geri Halliwell

Famous, Always, Certain Way, Camera

Being a celebrity, you can remain a child for ever, almost. You get away with more; you can get too pampered and it's not healthy.

- Geri Halliwell

Celebrity, Away, Almost, Pampered

Being mean about other people isn't on my radar.

- Geri Halliwell

Mean, Being Mean, Other, Radar

Some people are naturally thin and some people are naturally heavier. It doesn't mean that bigger is healthier, or much thinner is healthier, it's on an individual basis.

- Geri Halliwell

Some, Individual, Thinner, Thin

I have got one of those faces that change every day: you can dress me up, make me look vampy and then make me look 12 years old. But don't all women do this thing? We all take on these roles.

- Geri Halliwell

Dress, Every Day, Roles, Faces

If people choose to engage on a one-dimensional level that's fine. But going beyond the surface can enrich ourselves as human beings.

- Geri Halliwell

Surface, Level, Going, Engage

Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense.

- Geri Halliwell

Singer, Like, Becoming, Solo

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