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The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody...more

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Hope springs forever.

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I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters. They are often more afraid.

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You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity.

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Now you might think that I chose my second theme, the importance of imagination, because of the part it played in rebuilding my life, but that is not ...more

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I shall never forget the African torture victim, a young man no older than I was at the time, who had become mentally ill after all he had endured in ...more

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One of the many things I learned at the end of that Classics corridor down which I ventured at the age of 18, in search of something I could not then ...more

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What's most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty.

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Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. The...more

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The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

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Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.

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Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two.

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You can't live without failing at something, unless you love so cautiously you might as well have nit lived at all, in which case, you fail be default...more

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I have noticed more than once in life that a taste for the ineffably twee can go hand-in-hand with a distinctly uncharitable outlook on the world, I o...more

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Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.