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Our own personal brand of courage - in relationships, in conflict, in our principles ­ - is as unique as our fingerprints.

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Chris Cleave
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 14
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Principles
Fingerprints
Brand
Brands
Relationships
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Yet war doesn't end with armistice, it only ends with forgiveness and reconciliation.
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Psychiatry in this place is like serving an in-flight meal in the middle of a plane crash. If I wanted to make you well, as a doctor, I should be giving you a parachute, not a cheese-and-pickle sandwich.
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There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.
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I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.
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However long the moon disappears, someday it must shine again.
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WWII was, without exaggeration, the biggest event in all of human history, and it is still within living memory.
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The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don't always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn't have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I'm interested in the exceptions.
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I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn't the most athletic guy at school.
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Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive
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