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 have that illusion that we are deciding what to make a character do, in order to convey our message or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide whos been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water. – 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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cool
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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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I try to give positive energy in all my shows. – Curtis Jones

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Theres a weird cloud around you when youre recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments. – Diablo Cody

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Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings. – Jose Mourinho

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A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing. – Tony Lema

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Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you after marriage, he wont even lay down his newspaper to talk to you. – Helen Rowland

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The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. – Lysander Spooner

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Hearing nuns confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn. – Fulton J. Sheen

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In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck — and, of course, courage. – Bill Cosby, Fatherhood, 1986

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