"I think saying you're bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn't matter anymore."

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Source : "The Observer interview: Rupert Friend" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. December 26, 2009.

Rupert Friend

#Thinking Quotes #Matter Quotes #Wonderful Quotes

“I cannot bear the language TV chefs use - they don't seem able to look at a plate of vegetables without accusing it of sexual activity.”
“The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams for the purpose of improvement.”
“It's not the increasing competition; it's going back to real work that most of us complain about.”
“Oh, love. Love is best of all. There is no such total element, not even pain. Who has ever loved, knows this. I need not say more.”

Source : Tanith Lee (2003). “Mortal Suns”, p.174, The Overlook Press
“There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.”
“Rational thinking is an important aspect of human nature, but we have imagination, we have ambition, we have irrational fear, we are swayed by other people, we get indoctrinated and we get influenced by advertising.”
“The doing of something productive regardless of the outcome is an act of faith. The doing of a small something when a large something is too much for us is perhaps especially an act of faith. Faith means going forward by whatever means we can.”
“Don't frustrate yourself by mistaking "associates" for "friends"! Everyone doesn't have your back. Identify the people in your life & don't expect them to be, who they're not!”

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