Quote by Kate Atkinson
The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals

The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes. – Kate Atkinson

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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination – they dont conform to the reality thats around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress. – Kate Atkinson

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Imagination
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Life is a very orderly thing, but in fiction there is a huge liberation and freedom. I can do what I like. Theres nothing that says I cant write a page of full stops. There is no should involved, although you wouldnt know that from literary reviews and critics. – Kate Atkinson

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Freedom
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My father was an autodidact. It wasnt a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are aspirant. He paid for me to go to private school. He was denied an education – he had a horrible childhood. He got a place at a grammar school and wasnt allowed to go. – Kate Atkinson

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Education
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Death
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I feel like I dont watch that many shows with death. – Lena Dunham

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Death

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed. – Albert Camus

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Death

Smiles, tears, of all my life! – and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Death

Death is a debt we all must pay. – Euripides

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Death

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If someone takes your coat, give him your cloak as well; if he makes you go a mile with him, go with him two. Mathew – Bible

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Persistence

Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if youre up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly. – Cory Lidle

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Failure

Monday is a lame way to spend 1/7 of your life. – Author Unknown

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Boss Day

Early on, its good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what youre writing about is not that relevant. – Walter Gilbert

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Learning