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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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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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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cool
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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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Other Quotes from
Death
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Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Death

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death. – Albert Camus

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Death

Im more afraid of marriage than death. – Shakira

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Death

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after hes dead, then maybe he was a great man. – James Dean

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Death

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Im no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. Ive been doing some exploration of the inner space. – Henry Hopper

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The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying. – Jason Bateman

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Your body must become familiar with its death – in all its possible forms and degrees – as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life. – Dag Hammarskjold

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