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When people say to me: Oh don't worry, if one door closes another one opens... If one door closes for me, go through the window - I'm not interested in waiting around for people to give me opportunities. I try and make things happen and if I am given opportunities I take them and work harder.

Noel Clarke

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Noel Clarke
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 6
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I'm a nice guy to anyone I meet, until they show me they don't deserve niceness. I'll turn very quickly. But I'm pretty pleasant overall.
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People can criticise me all day long. It just washes off me. You might as well be talking to a wall.
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After Kidulthood, I was called in to a meeting and told that I didn't write women very well. I was very annoyed.
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