Quote by Susan Orlean
Recently, I have come to assume that any call to my landline is fr

Recently, I have come to assume that any call to my landline is from a telemarketer or an automated call from Terminex, letting me know that our regularly scheduled pest-extermination service will occur on its regular schedule. So I usually ignore my home phone. – Susan Orlean

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Whats funny is that the idea of popularity – even the use of the word popular – is something that had been mostly absent from my life since junior high. In fact, the hallmark of life after junior high seemed to be the shedding of popularity as a central concern. – Susan Orlean

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Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work for their children who have the notion that writing is an actual profession. I say this from experience. – Susan Orlean

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I work at home, in the country, and days will go by when, except for my husband and son and the occasional UPS man, the only sentient creatures that see me are my chickens and turkeys. – Susan Orlean

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You know, the sad thing of post-9/11, which was of course horrific, was that the city in which I felt completely at home for two decades, suddenly people like us – brown people – were looked at as the Others. – Mira Nair

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Ive always looked for the perfect life to step into. Ive taken all the paths to get where I wanted.But no matter where I go, I still come home me. – Layne Staley

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My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back. – Denzel Washington

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For target shooting, thats okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, thats why we have police departments. – James Brady

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Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow – after you have done your best to achieve success today. – Maxwell Maltz

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