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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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If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences – where things turn out better than you thought they would – ought to be in there somewhere, too. – George Saunders

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Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. – George Saunders

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We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate – and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. – George Saunders

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Doing charity work is always cool. Its always a good thing. – Lee DeWyze

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The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldnt necessarily sit with them or why we would or whats cool or not cool. – Max Cannon

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cool

I was never interested in making cool, distilled, pure objects. – Martin Puryear

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cool

I never think of myself as any kind of sex symbol, but I get letters from all over, all sorts. Its really cool. I get a lot from inmates, which is kind of scary. But the best was the guy who wanted to send me a plane ticket to fly me to his prom. – Laura Prepon

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