- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Criticise
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing is that love gives us a ringside seat on somebody else's flaws, so of course you're gonna spot some things that kinda need to be mentioned. But often the romantic view is to say, 'If you loved me, you wouldn't criticise me.' Actually, true love is often about trying to teach someone how to be the best version of themselves.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Laughter is an important part of a good relationship. It's an immense achievement when you can move from your thinking that your partner is merely an idiot to thinking that they are that wonderfully complex thing called a loveable idiot. And often that means having a little bit of a sense of humour about their flaws.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember going to university, and the people who'd left home for the first time looked at the food and were horrified. Whereas, my view was that if it was vaguely edible, then it's fine.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a certain kind of insular, old-fashioned, upper-class Britishness that gives me the spooks. I am sure that comes from a boarding-school trauma.
- Love Is
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love is something that we need to learn.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of our ideas of what love is comes from stories... these are extremely powerful shapers of our attitudes towards love, and I think that, in some ways, often we've got the wrong story.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among adults, we can admit that of course, characters are creations. They aren't real people.
- Jealousy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a constant tension between the excitement of new people and security with one person. If you go with excitement, you create chaos; you hurt people. There's jealousy, and it gets very messy. If you have security, it can be boring, and you die inside because of all the opportunities missed.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of myself as quite a shy person. But when I'm curious about something, I'll go quite far to satisfy my curiosity.
- Incredibly
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an incredibly lonely, very alienated teenager.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the values associated with a medical family - common sense, being practical but also thoughtful.
- Gray
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- Nov 07, 2020
A gray V-neck pullover from Gap. I have 30 of them.
- Office
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- Nov 07, 2020
My office. It's drab and boring but quiet.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020