Quote by George Saunders
I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like Im in a bit o

I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like Im in a bit of a race to get down on paper the way I really feel about life – or the way it has presented to me. And because it has presented to me very beautifully, this is hard. It is technically very hard to show positive manifestations. – George Saunders

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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

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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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Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. – George Saunders

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The only way that were going to feel secure in this country again and that were going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems weve put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that. – John Perkins

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Positive anything is better than negative nothing. – Elbert Hubbard

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My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive. – Wayne Wonder

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I would like to be a positive force for young girls. – Leona Lewis

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