George Packer Quotes
I think the mix of narrative and analysis that the 'New Yorker' requires is a perfect expression of what my parents each gave me.
Quotes to Explore
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Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.
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If your aim is to attack the United States, it is hard to imagine a more difficult way of getting here than by posing as a refugee.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.
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The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.
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Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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There's almost no author alive who isn't weathering the tumultuous changes in the publishing industry.
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Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.
Garry Kasparov -
What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
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To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.
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I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
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The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.
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I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
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I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.
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When I was 14, I decided that I really wanted to pursue polo more, so I asked my parents if it would be okay for me to go live on a farm outside the city so I could play.
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I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.
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Why should I copy this owl, this sea urchin? Why should I try to imitate nature? I might just as well try to trace a perfect circle.
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I wouldn't say you can engineer viral. But there is viral content that comes from dense communities.
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I think the mix of narrative and analysis that the 'New Yorker' requires is a perfect expression of what my parents each gave me.
