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When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think abou

When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think about horses. Before automobiles existed, everyone had a horse. Then cars became available, and their convenience, compared to horses, was undeniable. – Susan Orlean

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The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that Im tired. I have been tired for decades. I am tired in the morning and I am tired while becalmed in the slough of the afternoon, and I am tired in the evening, except right when I try to go to sleep. – Susan Orlean

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I work at home, in the country, and days will go by when, except for my husband and son and the occasional UPS man, the only sentient creatures that see me are my chickens and turkeys. – Susan Orlean

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I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle – a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand up on its own – and I remember her coming home from fancy parties and racing upstairs to extricate herself from its cruel iron grip. – Susan Orlean

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Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go. – Fred Rogers

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Its just really hard to work and get better, building and planning for the future with the new Monte Carlo and keeping the race team intact and keeping them healthy. – Dale Earnhardt

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Future

The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips. – J. Paul Getty

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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. – Plutarch

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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil. – John Dryden

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We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. – Martin L. Gross, A Call for Revolution, 1993

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I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think its very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made. – E. P. Thompson

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Doesnt matter whether its a teen girl whos pregnant, hasnt told her parents, or an elderly couple dealing with one of them being diagnosed with Alzheimers. Those are real people to me. Those are the people I dealt with every single day. – Mike Huckabee

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