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Quote by George Saunders
The scariest thought in the world is that someday Ill wake up and

The scariest thought in the world is that someday Ill wake up and realize Ive been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual. – George Saunders

Other quotes by George Saunders

Whatever your supposed politics are – left, right – if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion and feel the human pain in a way that they might not if it was presented in a more conceptual way. – George Saunders

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Politics
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George Saunders
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I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesnt eradicate the reality of the suffering. Its all true at once, kind of humming and sublime. – George Saunders

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Beauty
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George Saunders
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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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Fear
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Its better to get mugged than to live a life of fear. – Freeman Dyson

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Fear

I was horrified when Richard Chamberlain and Rupert Everett said gay actors should stay in the closet. They were saying to people that they should live a lie and not be liberated, to live in fear of being found out. – Alan Cumming

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Fear

So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes. – Robert Kiyosaki

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Fear

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we wont have as much censorship because we wont have as much fear. – Judy Blume

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Fear

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I dont see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly. – Arne Jacobsen

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architecture

You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people. – Will Rogers

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Gambling

Believe you can and youre halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt

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inspirational

In a country with an overabundance of food, no one should go hungry because of a lack of funds or technical and professional knowledge. We have the food, and we have the networks we now need to support the providers. – Jose Serrano

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Knowledge