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A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that genera

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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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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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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I do not want to go into its physical reasons: the construction of the human body is different from that of carnivorous animals. But mans intelligence is such that it can be utilised to defend any-thing he does, whether right or wrong. – Morarji Desai

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I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and Im lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys. – Joan Cusack

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Ive never been an intellectual but I have this look. – Woody Allen

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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. – Janis Joplin

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Put a knife to thy throat, if youre a man given to appetite. – Bible

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If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesnt run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. Were going to run on the presidents strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term. – Ed Gillespie

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Illusion is the first of all pleasures. – Voltaire

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