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“Listening to music that I hate calms me down.”

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Joey Comeau is a Canadian writer born on September 26, 1980. Known for his humorous and self-deprecating style, he has written in various forms including novels, essays, and blogs. more

“If physics is too difficult for the physicists, the nonphysicist may wonder whether he should try at all to grasp its complexities and ambiguities. It is undeniably an effort, but probably one worth making, for the basic questions are important and the new experimental results are often fascinating. And if the layman runs into serious perplexities, he can be consoled with the thought that the points which baffle him are more than likely the ones for which the professionals have not found satisfactory answers.”

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Author:Edward Condon

“I'm much more self-conscious clothed than unclothed. I'm a frustrated Page Three girl. I have no shame about my body.”

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Author:Susannah Constantine

“In social situations I still feel scared. My best friend and husband give me the freedom to be myself.”

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Author:Susannah Constantine

“I worked in Harrods as a sales girl and I was so lazy, I just sat on my arse all day. Now I have huge respect for shop girls. It was boring, so I tried to shoplift things, but we'd always get our bags checked.”

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Author:Susannah Constantine

“It's been very satisfying to design a range which is all about shape. It's not about what size you are, it's about how you can minimise or accentuate parts of your body with clothing. That's what we've created.”

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Author:Susannah Constantine

“It is a myth that style can't be learnt. It's all about dressing for your body shape, following the rules and wearing colours that suit your skin tone.”

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Author:Susannah Constantine

“Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.”

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Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You just don't expect posh girls to grab your tits, call your trousers "too clitty" and use words like "pussy pelmet" but they do. You are so shocked by what they are saying that by the time you have recovered and thought of something to say they have whipped you out of your jeans and eased you into a Lycra cat suit.”

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Author:Susannah Constantine

“Sexism in politics is nothing new when you're standing for election. But don't stand for election and it's almost as bad. Shockingly, David Cameron thought it acceptable to claim this week that my decision not to run for the Labour leadership was because my husband, Ed Balls, "stopped [me] from standing."”

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Author:Yvette Cooper

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