Quote by George Saunders
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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A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that generation is lucky: so comfortable in so many genres, the same lively, generous intelligence suffusing all he did. – George Saunders

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Whatever your supposed politics are – left, right – if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion and feel the human pain in a way that they might not if it was presented in a more conceptual way. – George Saunders

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I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And hes made of sugar. – George Saunders

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I have snakes, three sharks, moray eels, piranhas, five scorpions and a bird spider. All of them are predators. They are dangerous but its cool to have strong and powerful pets. – Tracy Morgan

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Never judge someone by who hes in love with judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool, appraising glance at his pals. – Cynthia Heimel

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Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do. – Vanessa Hudgens

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Id wear flip-flops and jeans. I guess thats not cool. – Bill Rancic

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