Andrew Sean Greer Quotes
I think, like, fiction has a place to understand those things that are hardest to understand that non-fiction can't ever get at.
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It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.
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I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do.
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After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
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Fly-fishing is really addictive.
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I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.
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Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow.
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For years I felt that I didn't have enough stamina and then, four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. The medicine for asthma never worked.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
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All the social things the consumer has gotten used to are being applied to business.
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I mean, you know actors, we always want to do something else, something different.
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I've been hearing fiddle music since I was in the womb, I'm sure.
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As an actor, what I'm finding is that I really like the extremes. I think that's really fun to play with.
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Most professional women I know - myself included - long since gave up looking for a rulebook or a roadmap; we make it up as we go along. Every day presents a new choice, a new challenge, which makes long-term career planning seem like an especially abstract exercise.
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None of the records I make are ever a deliberate construction - they're always an expression of who I am at the time and where I am in my life.
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In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
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No wonder lawyers, who control the legal system, have fought so hard, and with great success, against 'no fault' insurance. No fault, no lawsuits. No lawsuits, no lunch.
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I lived a significant portion of my life before the Internet and smart phones.
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I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I write songs about people or after I meet them and they're somewhat biographical - they're fiction but also non-fiction.
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Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them.
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No one needs to be reminded of racism in soccer: the xenophobia, the nativism and, yes, nationalism.
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You don't not want to beat somebody because you're friends with them.
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I think, like, fiction has a place to understand those things that are hardest to understand that non-fiction can't ever get at.
