I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security.

I have always had strong maternal instincts. Even when I was still a child I cut out pictures of prams from newspapers and imagined the feeling of pushing my own pram through fresh winter snow and seeing the wheels' tracks behind me in the snow.

My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!

This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money.

I must be allowed to be as I am.

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection.

It has always felt like a failure that Bjorn and I couldn't keep our family together. You never get it back, but to this day I don't regret splitting up. The reason behind our separation is one of those things I definitely don't want to go into!

I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me.

There was a time when the music fell silent. Both within me and around me.

I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a pose - that I want to create a sense of shyness. But it's just not something I want to do. I overdosed.

I have one pug and one Czechoslovakian dog called Prazsky krysarik.

I just want to live in peace and quiet.

I spend a lot of time with the grandchildren. They love it when we sing together. It's fantastic to hear them, and they really can sing. I don't talk to them so much about 'Abba' and the past, but as they get older, they will become more aware.

I used to suffer from stage fright, which at times was an ordeal. I won't perform live again. I'm going to do some TV shows and videos but nothing else... I don't like to travel too much or do concerts. I'm more of a studio and home girl.

I was so tired once 'Abba' was over and just wanted to be calm and with my children. I married, was in 'Abba,' had my children, divorced, all in ten years. I wonder how I managed it, but I was young.

I would like to sing the theme tune of a big film - something like 'Titanic.'

I'm a country bumpkin. I'm not a showgirl.

My life contains so many other things; I have my children, my grandchildren, my two dogs and a big place in the country. I have my own life.

No one who has experienced facing a screaming, boiling, hysterical audience can avoid feeling shivers in the spine. It's a thin line between celebration and menace.

Performing live is not my favourite. I am more of a recording person; I prefer to be private. I didn't mind doing videos, even if they came very close with the camera. I can take that, but walking on stage in concert and singing live, that is a bit difficult.

The press has always written that I am a recluse and a mysterious woman, but I am more down-to-earth than they think.

When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record.

When I was 25, Abba was formed. After Abba I made three solo albums. Maybe I have been productive enough.

When you love someone, and you've lost that one, then nothing really matters.

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion.

This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers.

In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.

But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won't show something that's embarrassing.

Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me.

This funding from the National Endowment for the Arts has been like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.

First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity.

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

She's leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it can only go down. And when it does, you know who they're going to blame. They're gonna blame Andy Card!

The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy.

Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on.

A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval.

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.

The American people have every right to be outraged with the administration's approval of the UAE port deal. It is time the people's House make the security of our Nation's ports a priority.

I can assure you that everything I say and do has the complete approval of the Fuehrer and that I would not say or do anything that does not have his approval.

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.