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Quote by George Saunders
If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the

If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences – where things turn out better than you thought they would – ought to be in there somewhere, too. – 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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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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After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past. – Robert MacNeil

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I think everyone goes through chapters in their life and there was a time when I wasnt feeling terribly positive about what I was contributing to film, or wasnt feeling as if I was going in the direction I wanted and I re-evaluated what I was doing. – Jude Law

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You have to be positive, and Im not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life. – Sheryl Swoopes

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I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings. – Isabelle Adjani

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My heart beat so hard when I was near him, I feared he could hear my secret longing for him. – Terri Guillemets, 1988, journal

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Three passions, simple but overwhelming, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. – Bertrand Russell, Autobiography, 1967

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