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• And of course there is always joy in witnessing the joy of others.

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• And then some days you wake up and everything’s perfect.

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• Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you.

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• Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I’ll always remember it.

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• Don’t run before you can walk.

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• Once you decide not to worry about that stuff anymore, dating and relationships and love and all that, it’s like you’re free to get on with real life.

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• People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else.

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• Things should look right, Fun; there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary.

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• As a matter of fact, I think there are more things important in life than relationships.

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• Don’t keep fighting battles that are already lost.

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• I think reality is over-rated.

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• I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference.

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• At some point you’ll have to get serious about life.

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• There should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary.

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• You must do what you enjoy.

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• Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.

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• Imagine staying awake all night not because you’re worried about the future but because it’s fun.

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• If you have to keep something secret it’s because you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place!

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• It’s hard to overestimate the teenage appetite for high drama.

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• Find the thing you love, and do it with all your heart, to the absolute best of your ability, no matter what people say.

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David Nicholls (37)

Birth:	30th November, 1966
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Novelist, Screenwriter

About

David Alan Nicholls was born in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. He is an English novelist and screenwriter. He earned BA degree in Drama and English in 1988 at Bristol University. As a screenwriter, he co-wrote the adapted screenplay of Simpatico and contributed four scripts to the third series of Cold Feet. For the latter, he was nominated for a British Academy Television Craft Award for Best New Writer. He wrote a screen adaptation of his novel, One Day, which was made into a film starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. In 2006, his film adaptation Starter for 10 was released in cinemas.

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