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You Don’t Have To Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious

by Tim Minchin

Paperback £11.99
Published 7th May 2026
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Description

‘Life will sometimes seem long and tough. And you will sometimes be happy and sometimes sad. And then you’ll be old. And then you’ll be dead. There is only one sensible thing to do with this empty existence, and that is: fill it.’

A book for the romantic-realist in all of us, You Don’t Have to Have a Dream offers Tim Minchin’s inimitable thoughts and advice on life, art, success, kindness, love, and thriving in a meaningless universe. Drawn from three of his iconic commencement addresses, and beautifully designed with specially commissioned illustrations throughout, it’s a rallying cry for creativity, critical thinking, and compassion in our daily lives.

It’s never too late to put something beautiful out into the world.

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You Don’t Have To Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious
by Tim Minchin

ISBN
9781529931839

Publisher
Ebury Publishing

Binding
Paperback

Publication date
May 7, 2026

Dimensions
19.7cm x 12.7cm x 1.2cm

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