You see, I have come to believe in self-help, individual initiative, the love of what you do, and the full development of all individuals. I am constantly disappointed by how little we expect of ourselves and of the world.

Hanif Kureishi
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  2. One day spent with someone you love can change everything. - Mitch Albom

  3. There's always a moment when you start to fall out of love, whether it's with a person or an idea or a cause, even if it's one you only narrate to yourself years after the event: a tiny thing, a wrong word, a false note,... - Douglas Adams

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More Quotes By Hanif Kureishi
  1. The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it anything more than that is advertising.

  2. You don't stop loving someone just because you hate them.

  3. If you never left anything or anyone there would be no room for the new. Naturally, to move on is an infidelity -- to others, to the past, to old notions of oneself. Perhaps every day should contain at least one essential infidelity or necessary...

  4. People go their whole lives wanting to be admired for their hidden qualities.

  5. But you're beautiful, and the beautiful should be given whatever they want."" Hey, what about the ugly ones?"" The ugly ones." She poked her tongue out. "It's their fault if their ugly. They're to be blamed, not pitied.

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