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title: "1 Connects People Quotes By Jeremy Hardy"
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> [For me, ancestry is just one thing that connects us to people, and feeling connected to other people is generally a good thing, as long as one kind of connection does not have primacy over all the others. Heredity, race…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/for-me-ancestry-is-just-one-thing-that-connects-us-to-people-and/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

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## More by Jeremy Hardy

> [Being in the latter stages of life means the morning is unkind to the reflection. It takes a few hours for the creases to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/being-in-the-latter-stages-of-life-means-the-morning-is-unkind-to-the/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [Chemistry seems to be pretty much nailed down, and biology gains ground all the time. But physics seems to be mired in idle rumination.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/chemistry-seems-to-be-pretty-much-nailed-down-and-biology-gains/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [I'm writing a movie script about vampires with an animator called Michael Booth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/i-m-writing-a-movie-script-about-vampires-with-an-animator-called/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [If you just took everyone in the BNP and everyone who votes for them and shot them in the back of the head, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/if-you-just-took-everyone-in-the-bnp-and-everyone-who-votes-for-them/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [I suppose I would like to find out more about my grandparents because I knew them when I was too young to grasp that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/i-suppose-i-would-like-to-find-out-more-about-my-grandparents-because/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [I suppose there wasn't a well-worn path into the British space programme because we didn't really have a space programme. Dad was one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/i-suppose-there-wasn-t-a-well-worn-path-into-the-british-space/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [Apparently, some physicists argue that time is curved. I suppose this means that the past is in some way still present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/apparently-some-physicists-argue-that-time-is-curved-i-suppose-this/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [“I think we mistake sadness for depression, because life is basically sad, and its the failure to recognize that that leads to this sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/i-think-we-mistake-sadness-for-depression-because-life-is-basically/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [I'm not terribly ambitious, not terribly driven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/i-m-not-terribly-ambitious-not-terribly-driven/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [My idea of family is not dominated by blood ties. Families are fragile things, and I think it is social pressure and emotional attachments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/my-idea-of-family-is-not-dominated-by-blood-ties-families-are-fragile/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [The image of my face I hold in my mind is always about 10 years out of date.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/the-image-of-my-face-i-hold-in-my-mind-is-always-about-10-years-out/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [I love many places to which I have no connection, but identifying an ancestor, or someone I think is an ancestor, has taken me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/i-love-many-places-to-which-i-have-no-connection-but-identifying-an/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [I've never been able to understand how risk-averse my mum is. She hated conkers, pea shooters, and anything that could have someone's eye out:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/i-ve-never-been-able-to-understand-how-risk-averse-my-mum-is-she/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [I feel that our attitude to our borders is wrong; it's the first time that an awful lot of people think you can and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/i-feel-that-our-attitude-to-our-borders-is-wrong-it-s-the-first-time/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

> [For me, ancestry is just one thing that connects us to people, and feeling connected to other people is generally a good thing, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/for-me-ancestry-is-just-one-thing-that-connects-us-to-people-and/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

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