Quote by Susan Orlean
I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree

I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw for my birthday, but I think Ill probably be given jewelry instead. – Susan Orlean

Other quotes by Susan Orlean

Whats funny is that the idea of popularity – even the use of the word popular – is something that had been mostly absent from my life since junior high. In fact, the hallmark of life after junior high seemed to be the shedding of popularity as a central concern. – Susan Orlean

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funny
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Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things – the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space. – Susan Orlean

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Experience
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There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost there will always be people for whom owning beautiful, dangerous animals brings a sense of power and magic. – Susan Orlean

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Other Quotes from
Birthday
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When I was a kid, for my birthday every year, my mother made me pasta bechamel, which is rigatoni with a white cream sauce. – Giada De Laurentiis

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I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days. – Otis Blackwell

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Birthday

I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books I have had fans send me birthday cakes… sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage. – Puff Daddy

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It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me. – Ellen Glasgow

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Random Quotes

I sometimes skip meals when I travel. – Amy Smart

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Travel

This coffee tastes like mud! Well, it was ground this morning. – Old Vaudeville Joke

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Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. – Henry Adams

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Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving. Make every day a holiday and celebrate just living! – Amanda Bradley

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