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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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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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The universal human laws – need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain – are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture. – George Saunders

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Fear
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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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The Clinton White House today said they would start to give national security and intelligence briefings to George Bush. I dont know how well this is working out. Today after the first one Bush said, Ive got one question: What color is the red phone? – Bill Maher

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The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence. – John Bruton

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Intelligence

The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency. – Bobby Ray Inman

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But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives. – Joan D. Vinge

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My parents were amazing people who had no business being together – and they knew it. – James Denton

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With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved their culture, traditions, and religion and have told the story of the genocide to an often indifferent world. – Jerry Costello

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You always have this fear in a movie of just being somebodys woman. – Charlize Theron

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Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. – Lester B. Pearson

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