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Quote by George Saunders
If death is in the room, its pretty interesting. But I would also

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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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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Truth
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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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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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Politics
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Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death. – Angela Carter

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Death Valley is really wide-open – its bigger than Rhode Island – and its less a part of California than an ungoverned territory, so theres lots of weird cops-and-robbers stuff going on. – Gus Van Sant

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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering. – Karlie Kloss

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Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion. – Al Goldstein

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Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education. – Chuck Palahniuk

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Im a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies. Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way. – Shaquille ONeal

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Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. – Lord Chesterfield

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Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up. – Rainn Wilson

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