Susan Orlean Quotes
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I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.
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I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody sitting at it.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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I think I am one of the smallest surviving brands.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
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The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges. The anti-Semite simply has to make them.
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We have a bad image in the world, I've got to admit. I just want people to think twice about Colombia. Don't go by the first impression.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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If 10 years ago I was told I'd be where I am now, I would've been pretty happy.
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To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states.
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Halloween is so close I can practically taste the children's tears.
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On August 2, 1914, I took Braque and Derain to the Gare d'Avignon drafted as a soldier for World war 1. I never saw them again not literally a fact, but the close relation between Picasso and Braque ended.
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criticizing the Cambridge School of criticism, e.g. John Middleton Murry and Herbert Read, 'Fine Writing,' pp. 306-307
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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A lot of people have put their lives online and are using MySpace to manage their social lives.
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I can tell you that I can always recognize a Boston song, even if it's in a noisy place. I can hear that it's Boston even before I know what song it is. If a Boston song comes on in a club or somewhere, I notice that it's Boston, and the second thing I notice is what song it is.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise.
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I am just your everyday, average girl. I live by the beach. I wear flip flops. I don't wear make-up. I go to the gym.
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I had just done a movie called 'How to Beat the High Cost of Living,' and it didn't get a good review. And the same people sent me the script for 'Airplane!' for the Robert Hays part. I read it, and there were a lot of plays on words, and I said, 'I don't like this kind of comedy.'
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The reading of the book was a journey. There was no need for souvenirs.
