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Quote by George Saunders
I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel

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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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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We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate – and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. – George Saunders

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Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding youre exactly the same. – Audrey Hepburn

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I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday. – Jesse Plemons

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Love the giver more than the gift. – Brigham Young

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I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face. – Stephen Hopkins

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I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things…. I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. I never water my garden without soaking myself. – Leo F. Buscaglia, Bus 9 to Paradise

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I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd. – Jeff Tweedy

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