Susan Orlean Quotes
An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain.
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Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training.
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And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.
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Biotechnology is a worry. What if they take genetic material from wet noodles and blowfish and splice it into politician chromosomes and create a Clinton administration?
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Want to play baseball?’” she asked. Shane’s eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. “What?’” “First base,’” she said. “You’re already there.’” “I’m not running the bases.’” “Well, you could at least steal second.’” “Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you’ve gone and ruined it.
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I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.
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The wrong way to step forward in this campaign.
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Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures, Russet lawns and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide.
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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.
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Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.
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The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business.
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I spent my whole single life trying to be thin just to find someone who'd love me once I got fat.
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I hang out with dudes a lot. I can relate to being the guys girl.
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By bridging the literacy barrier through the use of 3D interactive models we overcome the inherent limitations of text. At the same time, language differences become much less important as text is replaced by interactive, 3D images.
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But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.
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I don't want to be grotesque, but when you're 330 pounds, it's hard to wipe your a-. You know?
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The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
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An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain.
