Matt Haig Quotes
I think Father Christmas is real because the belief is real. The belief becomes the reality.

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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.
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Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.
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I have never spoken for anyone but myself.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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The Revolution did not assume a socialist nature because of support from the U.S.S.R.; it was the other way around: support from the U.S.S.R. was produced by the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. To such a degree, that when the U.S.S.R. disappears, Cuba keeps on being socialist.
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The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.
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As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends.
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The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.
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One of the reasons I've never done intensive psychotherapy or any of that stuff is that if there's anything in me that needs fixing, I want to know that I can rely on my own intuition to fix it.
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Stan is a rescue Chihuahua mix. He was the role model for Bob, the dog in 'Ivan.' The drawings in the book look precisely like Stan.
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As for the fake teeth, they're officially retired. I haven't really found a need or want to wear them.
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I always thought it was sad that you couldn't get anything really good to eat at concerts, so we sit down with our fans before every show and eat a gourmet meal that we made for them.
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What's the worst that could happen? You're going to come second or lose? It's not like someone has got a gun to your head.
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My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting.
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I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.
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I don't know what it is about the french language, it seems to be scared of coming out of the mouth so it comes out the nose instead.
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A real girl isn't perfect and a perfect girl isn't real.
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Do you think courage means being fearless? Or daring? Courage, real courage, is taking three steps when it terrifies you.
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Sometimes an actor will stumble on the joke, and I'm right on them. Back it up before the audience hears the bad version of the joke, because humor is 90% surprise. If they know what's coming, they won't laugh as hard.
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I think Father Christmas is real because the belief is real. The belief becomes the reality.