Matt Haig Quotes
I want life. I want to feel it and live it. I want, for as much of the time as possible in this blink-of-an-eye existence we have, to feel all that can be felt.
Quotes to Explore
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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I could not disobey the will of the Catalan parliament.
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I don't like to sell my finest pieces.
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I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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Socialism is practical, in the best sense of the term; a living, vital force of inestimable value to society.
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It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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Angela Merkel puts Germany first.
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It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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As soon as you write about climate change, the first attempt to discredit you is, 'Well, you wrote this on a computer,' or, 'You took a plane to this conference.' So your opinion isn't valid.
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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
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I love being called NTR's grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didn't try enough or maybe because I like it this way.
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What a fucking great band we were.
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Anytime that another artist or a critic that is well-respected says something nice about you, you're always thankful and hope that you can live up to that.
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We can understand, too, that natural species are chosen not because they are 'good to eat' but because they are 'good to think.'
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Of which all Europe rings from side to side.
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I want life. I want to feel it and live it. I want, for as much of the time as possible in this blink-of-an-eye existence we have, to feel all that can be felt.
