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Quote by Susan Orlean
I wish I had coined the phrase tyranny of choice, but someone beat

I wish I had coined the phrase tyranny of choice, but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of options does not make you feel privileged and indulged too many options make you feel like all of them are wrong, and that you are wrong if you choose any of them. – Susan Orlean

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I dont turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture. – Susan Orlean

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Recently, I have come to assume that any call to my landline is from a telemarketer or an automated call from Terminex, letting me know that our regularly scheduled pest-extermination service will occur on its regular schedule. So I usually ignore my home phone. – Susan Orlean

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I can imagine a future in which real books will exist but in a more limited, particular way. – Susan Orlean

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I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. – Hunter S. Thompson

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The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on ones opponent. – Mahatma Gandhi

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A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men. – Patrick Kavanagh

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No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. – George Orwell

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