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Quote by George Saunders
We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then

We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate – and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. – 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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positive
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The word funny is a bit like the word love – we dont have enough words to describe the many varieties. – George Saunders

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funny
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I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And hes made of sugar. – George Saunders

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Birthday
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You cant help getting older, but you dont have to get old. – George Burns

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Age

Despite what anti-aging ads say, growing older can be better. I feel better in my skin, 100 percent. You have greater effects of gravity, but the better sense of yourself you have is something I wouldnt trade. Women who lie about their age – why? – Demi Moore

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Age

I am now old enough to no longer have a fear of dying young. – Bruce Ades, c.1990

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Age

Middle age is when youve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else. – Ogden Nash

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Age

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Money may talk, but chocolate sings. – Author Unknown

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Realists do not fear the results of their study. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture. – Martin Puryear

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