"Everyone at Coral Tree Prep was good-looking. Really. Everyone. I didn't see a single fat or ugly kid all morning. Maybe they just locked them up at registration and didn't let them out again until graduation."

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Source : Claire LaZebnik (2011). “Epic Fail”, p.10, Harper Collins

Claire LaZebnik

#Morning Quotes #Kids Quotes #Tree Quotes

“Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it's done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.”
“To stay in the game, you have to stay in the game.”
“Do not choose to be wrong for the sake of being different.”
“You are more likely to be treated by a migrant in the NHS than you are to be behind them in the queue.”
“Music is such a problem in the time it takes.”
“The worst thing in the world was the way I felt when I wanted us to be like the families in the books in the library, when I just wanted Daddy Glen to love me like the father in Robinson Crusoe. (209)”
“I've seen so many people in my life struggle tremendously to fit into those boxes or to live up to those expectations or pressures put upon them by whatever society's concept of 'normal' is. I get frustrated by rules and regulations. I'm frustrated by things that are exclusive to one particular life choice.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“A balanced tone on Europe will free us to address in depth the domestic economic and social agenda which we neglected throughout the last Parliament.”

Source : "Edited highlights of Ken Clarke's address". www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2001.

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