I've managed to achieve a lot because I sleep very little. I tend to survive on about four hours a night, but when I'm stressed it's even less.
— Gina Miller
When I worked in financial services, as part of a female-led business, I found that pitching to very male-dominated boards created stress.
If I look smart and feel confident, other people's bigoted assumptions have less power to harm me.
I am more interested in teaching my children empathy than subscribing to our 'me' culture and obsessing about 'how do I feel' all the time.
As a child of the Commonwealth, I had been brought up to believe Great Britain was the promised land, a culture where the rule of law was observed and decency was embedded in the national fabric.
I tend to stand up and speak up when I see something dysfunctional happening.
Article 50 is very poorly written and raises more questions more answers.
I'm an adrenaline junkie but also a petrol head.
MPs are paid to be representatives of their constituents. They have to do that job.
So many red lines have been crossed that people seem to think it is acceptable for politicians and the media to actually incite hatred and violence.
I see myself as a conscious capitalist.
We should be able to carry on our careers and be women and mothers without fearing that if we show a vulnerable side, that will be attacked.
In uncertain times, it is of heightened importance that our elected representatives exercise their democratic duty and use all levers at parliament's disposal to ensure a fair balance of powers.
I am an ardent believer in a free, democratic and inclusive society, and the robust exchange of views that is essential to tolerance.
I'm not sure when exactly it started to become the fashion in Westminster to skim-read documents, only bother with bullet points or, worse, to take them entirely on trust - but that, perhaps, was when we began as a country to lose our way.
My day job, running a fund management company, means I know that I and my team can't afford not to read every word of every document about assets or markets we propose to invest in, and to be absolutely clear we are complying with all the legal and regulatory requirements involved.
The decisions MPs make as our representatives affect every aspect of our daily lives, from energy bills to the quality of our hospitals, schools and emergency services.
I have a 'pillow test' - can I go to bed tonight knowing that I did my best today? If I can, I'm happy.
I'm more interested in policy than politics, and I can do that as an independent person.
I come from South America and it's part of our culture to speak out. It's a lot healthier.
Concentrating on yourself all day is not healthy.
I've worked for everything I've had, and I can't think of a better way of using it than standing up for what's right, and what's required to build a better society.
I was never binary remain or leave. I was very much of the sentiment, and still am, that it was about remain, reform and review. The U.K. actually has a very powerful place in Europe.
If we set the precedent that a government can use their royal prerogative to take away people's human rights, that is taking us into a very dangerous political environment.
No prime minister, no government can expect to be unanswerable or unchallenged.
I have to know more than everyone else in the room. In a roomful of men, I have to know more than them.
My strength of character is a privilege. I can do anything to survive. I don't break easily.
My father was a socialist, so we had some of the most extraordinary people at home.
We can and must support our MPs in doing the job they will be elected to do: to hold the government to account in order to do what's best for Britain.
British democratic values are embedded in the primacy of parliament.
I often go into the lions' den and engage with those I know oppose my views, because I want to understand what other people think.
The whole Brexit saga is, in my view, one big, terrifying leap in the dark.
The British public are not children who need protection from the truth.
The things being smuggled in under the cover of Brexit will damage so much of what we hold dear. A cabal of tycoons would see their wealth and influence turbocharged, while the mass of the population would see their prosperity, their security and, ultimately, their liberty dwindle away.
When we're anxious we tend to shrink into a defeatist position, curving our shoulders or backs. Learning to stand straight, take a breath and speak slowly helps to project a sense of confidence, relieving some of that anxiety.
I just want people to be equal and fair to each other.
If you dwell on your negativity you can never move on.
I have become the person I am today, as a result of both the successes and the scars in my life.
I have always been drawn to male-dominated industries and adrenaline-filled pursuits.
The U.K. has always had a special relationship with the E.U.
As people in business know, if you just sit on your hands and don't progress with the changing environment, you won't reform and improve the existing relationships you have.
Parliament alone is sovereign.
I'm afraid I'm a complete workaholic perfectionist.
You have to respect what money and success gives you, then have the responsibility that goes with that.
I'm not going to be bullied into not doing what I think is right.
In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests.
Entering public life as a woman - be it as a politician, journalist, expert or activist - makes you the target of the most sinister threats, abuse and language.
I am no shrinking violet.
What has struck me about the political world, as opposed to the business world, is that rational discourse has become all but impossible. All too often, arguments are conducted not on the basis of facts but on the basis of emotion - and, honestly, it is no fun being abused in the pages of tabloid newspapers or online.
Theresa May and her advisers should understand that to rebuild faith in the competence and integrity of our government, transparency is vital. It shines light on the good as well as the bad. And it leads to better-informed decisions, therefore better outcomes.
