Tag: Autobiography
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One of Them
“No one here ever tells us out loud that we Etonians are natural leaders: that is what the architecture is for.”
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Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter
“A fortune cookie of joy and an education to what goes on behind closed doors in the nation’s favourite takeaway.”
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
“What separates the successful from the unsuccessful are the expectations that they had for their own lives. Yet the message of the right is increasingly: It’s not your fault that you’re a loser; it’s the government’s fault.”
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How To Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong
“Living your life according to what everyone else might think of you is to cede control of who you are. It is to outsource your identity to a bunch of strangers who do not know you.”
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Life As A Unicorn: A Journey From Shame To Pride And Everything In Between
“I believe almost dogmatically in difference, in the idea that every single person is unique, with their own innate sense of self, and that it is this difference which brings all of us together as one.”
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9 Books For People Who “Don’t Have Time To Read”
By Megan Thomas I hear people say things like, “I love reading, I just don’t have the time”, a lot. But I genuinely think that the only reason people think this is true is because they’re imagining trying to get stuck into The Lord Of The Rings or War and Peace between tube stations or…
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Educated
“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
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I Feel Bad About My Neck
“Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don’t take it off until you’re thirty-four.”
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Classic Scrapes
“When I was a baby, I urinated in my own mouth. […] The reason I’m telling you this is so that, straight out the gate, you know who I am and where I came from. This is how my life began and more or less how it continued for many, many years. This book is…
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Everything I Know About Love
“Nearly everything I know about love, I’ve learnt from my long-term friendships with women.”
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