"Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting."

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Source : Chris Cleave (2012). “Gold”, p.284, Hachette UK

Chris Cleave

#Children Quotes #Sick Quotes #Olympics Quotes

“If a cat had a halo, it would probably wear it around it's tail. It makes a statement.”
“Changing my diet was the big thing. I had to learn correct portion control. . . . I eat an egg-white omelet for breakfast, shrimp and veggies for lunch, and chicken with asparagus for dinner.”
“You can either complain or look for opportunity in every problem. I prefer opportunity.”
“I loved painting and drawing for many reasons. One of them was that all it really required was me, a pencil and a pad. It was something I was passionate about, and still am.”

Source : "Danny Huston Does The Boogie Woogie". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. April 21, 2010.
“Ask for 100% of what you want 100% of the time.”
“I do find that Western medicine is more and more open to proving energetic concepts. Why not, because modern physics is 100 percent based on it.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“You have to study composition to understand that things can be done backwards and forwards and upside down, inverted, but it's mainly just an inner valid intuitive thing. Where do you want to go? Ok this is busy, or this needs some space, or this is too much space so now I want to put more notes in there or something. It's all about contrast. High, low. Fast, slow, thick or thin or what have you. And it's the same with improvisation.”
“The will for deed I doe accept.”

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