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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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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I started a company called Pixel Qi and the principal of as we're going, smartphones were happening, but as we go forward, the predictions were five devices per person. Do you want to charge each one of those every night to try to get them on a full charge when you're walking around? Smartphones don't even last a day without a recharge now.
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It's an old principle, as old as the Buddha or Marcus Aurelius: We need at times to step away from our lives in order to put them in perspective. Especially if we wish to be productive.
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When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don't really want to talk about it, because you have this innate sense of guilt that it's not fair that others aren't doing exactly what you're doing. I do have that.
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It's nearly impossible to overstate how fully my father has devoted himself to Apollo Group and its mission since he created Apollo Group four decades ago.
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Playing the greatest warrior in the seven kingdoms, that's absolutely no pressure.
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I don't think it's good for people to know too much about you. With my favourite bands, I don't want to have the inside track on every single aspect of their personal lives.
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Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.
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There is nothing so small but that we may honor God by asking His guidance of it, or insult Him by taking it into our own hands.
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The reading of the book was a journey. There was no need for souvenirs.
