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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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Experience
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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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cool
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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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There arent many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks its cool if youre the bad girl. – Fiona Apple

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Unless something real cool comes along, I will probably be doing features, so long as I can make a living doing that. Otherwise, I will do another show. – Danny Masterson

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I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, north Beverly. It was cool, everybodys cool on the block. – Craig Robinson

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Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool. – Brian Molko

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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. – William Hazlitt, The English Comic Writers, 1819

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Prediction is very difficult, especially if its about the future. – Niels Bohr

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