Quote by Susan Orlean
I dont turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are

I dont turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture. – Susan Orlean

Other quotes by Susan Orlean

I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so keeping your private information to yourself is essential – especially if you are a controversial figure, a celebrity, or a dissident. – Susan Orlean

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power
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In the course of transferring all my CDs to my iPod, I have found myself wandering the musical hallways of my past and reacquainting myself with music I havent listened to in years. – Susan Orlean

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Music
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Every corny thing thats said about living with nature – being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons – happens to be true. – Susan Orlean

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Nature
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Other Quotes from
Wisdom
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Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue. – James Buchan

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Wisdom

Who is wise in love, love most, say least. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Wisdom

Memory is the mother of all wisdom. – Aeschylus

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Wisdom

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. – Gabriel Marcel

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Wisdom

Random Quotes

I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present. – Aneurin Bevan

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Insults

We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We werent punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities we killed civilians. Thats war. And this is war. – Ann Coulter

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War

With a lot of films, people are sitting on the outside looking in, but I want the audience to get a bit more intimately involved with whats going on, so that they maybe can experience it a little bit more intensely. – Andrea Arnold

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Experience

Ive been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. Its great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite you look back and its all fixed so its a scary thing. – Damien Hirst

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Future