George Saunders Quotes
I always describe writing a story as throwing bowling pins in the air and then catching them.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.
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Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?
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Private education can give you confidence, which is marvellous; a sense of entitlement isn't.
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Mandatory minimum sentencing has disproportionately affected blacks, Hispanics and others who often don't have the financial means to fight back.
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When you grow up starving, you cannot point with pride to a book you've just spent six hours reading. Picking cotton, sewing flour bags into clothes - those were the skills my father grew up appreciating.
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I can cry like Roger. It's just a shame I can't play like him.
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There was something about the Cleveland Play House that was the holiest place - you know, with the ghost light on the stage and the brick. It was just the most beautiful theater in the world.
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It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.
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I make movies that nobody will see. I've made movies that even I have never seen.
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It's simply that older adults don't seem to be able to generate sleep efficiently, and that's why they're not getting it.
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I have started exploring my own life and have started valuing myself. I have started valuing my individuality.
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I'm a believer in the Constitution and in the First Amendment. Not just for raising money but also for freedom of speech.
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Like so many of our people, we have now had a personal experience of German barbarity which only strengthens the resolution of all of us to fight through to final victory.
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The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language.
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For me, when I'm writing something really personal, I don't feel good about it. It's weird that people can connect to it and like something that came from a really crap place. You have to be quite brave to write about something that you honestly feel and think.
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I always describe writing a story as throwing bowling pins in the air and then catching them.
