George Packer Quotes
My readers know my views on politics and politicians because I make no secret of them in my comments for 'The New Yorker' and elsewhere.
Quotes to Explore
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
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Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
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I've had many ideas come from clients.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn't have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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You've got to be picky in this business - if you're not, then I don't think you have the option of longevity. You've got to be choosy and try and do something that's outside of the box and dangerous. I love doing stuff that excites me, gives me that adrenalin rush.
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My father was a minister, and it was more my mother that had the responsibility of making sure the family put out an outward of appearance of living what he was preaching. She was the PR.
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I have parents and family who will never allow me not to be grounded. If I thought for a second that I could possibly lift off the ground, I have a thousand people who will grab my ankles.
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I wrote a lot of 'Red Queen' wrapped in a blanket, cramped up while watching the snow come down.
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Everything, at first, is an idea, a special creation.
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The road system that we've come to depend on, the road system that we built our wealth on and our power on, is falling apart.
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I am writing a book more improbable than 'The Interrogative Mood' that I call 'Manifesto'. It's two guys talking who speak artificially conveniently.
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When moms stayed home, it was easier just to let the kids play around the house. But as women entered the workplace and the extended family dissolved, someone else had to pick up the slack on the child-care front. Extracurricular activities fit the bill perfectly, promising not only supervision but also enrichment.
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I am an inventor of music.
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The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
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When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day.
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The ego exists as a powerful force in Western man that cannot be dismissed or denied. The therapeutic goal is to integrate the ego with the body and its striving for pleasure and sexual fulfilment.
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The sincerity of feeling that is possible between a writer and a reader is one of the finest things I know.
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It's all written out, you know. Everything is fate. All written out in Heaven, or written out in Hell.
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Obama was elected by the people, and I was glad that barrier was broken down. I did, along with my wife, campaign for him in Ohio because that was a key state. If I had to say does he rate an 'A' or does he rate a 'D,' it would be very difficult. I give him a 'C.'
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My readers know my views on politics and politicians because I make no secret of them in my comments for 'The New Yorker' and elsewhere.
