Matt Haig Quotes
I suppose the book I really remember loving as a child was one called 'The Outsiders' by S.E. Hinton, about a gang of kids from the wrong side of the tracks in Sixties Oklahoma. I grew up in the Eighties in Nottinghamshire, but this tale of troubled, but essentially good, kids - or 'greasers' - was something I completely connected with.

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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.
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I think the only advice I can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember... it's not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed, it is the things we do not.
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I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.
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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
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I'm confident and really optimistic.
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I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.
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Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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I think the process of 'I Love It' becoming such a big song opened my eyes to sides of the industry that I'd never been aware of, which I wasn't so into.
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I have a deep and passionate love of America. It is where I have always thought I would be happiest, and although I miss England desperately, I find that my heart definitely has its home over here.
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The Temple will not be completed until every living stone is there. And then what? The next thing will be that which our Masonic friends make so much of, and which we make so much of namely: the glorification of the temple.
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The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what to forget.
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There's gonna be a time when I'm way curvier, and that'll be sexy too. What defines sexy is not someone's weight. Personally I like curves. I wanna look good for me. I wanna feel good.
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I suppose the book I really remember loving as a child was one called 'The Outsiders' by S.E. Hinton, about a gang of kids from the wrong side of the tracks in Sixties Oklahoma. I grew up in the Eighties in Nottinghamshire, but this tale of troubled, but essentially good, kids - or 'greasers' - was something I completely connected with.