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Quote by Kate Atkinson
Life is a very orderly thing, but in fiction there is a huge liber

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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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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Death
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Kate Atkinson
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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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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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Freedom begins between the ears. – Edward Abbey

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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didnt pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. – Ronald Reagan

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I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life. – Paul Getty

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There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in our world. And now I have a daughter to think about. Its really the first time Ive thought about the future and what it could be. – Johnny Depp

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He is a fool that kisseth the maid when he may kiss the mistress. – English Proverb

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Emotion has taught mankind to reason. – Marquis de Vauvenargues

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Ive had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people – especially actors, but really any famous people. – Charlie Kaufman

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famous

Its very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed. – Ruth J. Simmons

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