George Saunders Quotes
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I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.
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I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.
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That is why, as soon as I felt a real attraction for my first passion which was the motorcycle, and in spite of the danger it could represent, they encouraged me.
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Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business.
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If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason.
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I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
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The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.
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I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I want to work and battle it and conquer it and make it express whatever attitude I have at that moment. I want it to be a struggle.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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God is decisively drawn to the humble.
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I used ribosomes from very, very robust bacteria under very, very active conditions and found a way - I actually took advantage of research done before me at the Weizmann, the same institute I am now - how to preserve their activity and their integrity while they crystallized.
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There is inestimable blessing in a cheerful spirit. When the soul throws its windows wide open, letting in the sunshine, and presenting to all who see it the evidence of its gladness, it is not only happy, but it has an unspeakable power of doing good.
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All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.
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Glorious Sunshine in Newmarket this a.m. No better feeling when perched on the back of a beauty.
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Monologue is the most honest way to represent human beings.
