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The cool parts - the parts that have won Dubai its reputation as t

The cool parts – the parts that have won Dubai its reputation as the Vegas of the Middle East or the Venice of the Middle East or the Disney World of the Middle East, if Disney World were the size of San Francisco and out in a desert – have been built in the last ten years. – George Saunders

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We have that illusion that we are deciding what to make a character do, in order to convey our message or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide whos been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water. – George Saunders

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If death is in the room, its pretty interesting. But I would also say that Im interested in getting myself to believe that its going to happen to me. Im interested in it, because if youre not, youre nuts. Its really de facto what were here to find out about. – George Saunders

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Im finding, as I get older, that Im not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life – redemption does happen, and its cool when it does – but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own). – George Saunders

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The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, theyre doing their own challenges. Its back to cooking. And its real cooking. – Emeril Lagasse

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I met Elijah Wood once, I met Peter Jackson, I met Orlando Bloom, and theyre all really cool. – Daniel Radcliffe

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Oh, man, if in real life I was as cool and suave as Coach Taylor and had all the answers, things would be easier. – Kyle Chandler

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When youre 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when youre 21 and youve read 2,000 fantasy novels, you start to realize that some of those books, well, they werent really good. OK, lets be honest. A lot of them were crap. – Patrick Rothfuss

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