George Saunders Quotes

I'm finding, as I get older, that I'm not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life - redemption does happen, and it's cool when it does - but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own).

George Saunders

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 2, 1958

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I own a fart CD. It has, I believe, over 100 fart sounds. A lovely variety, from the up-close and personal to the more experimental and dissonant. Some people prefer to listen to Bach when they go to sleep... not me.

Simon Helberg

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I am not doomed.

Michel Temer

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Publicity, publicity, publicity is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.

Joseph Pulitzer

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I love jamming with my band because the guys inspire me every time. We all get off on each other's playing.

Dimebag Darrell

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Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears.

Dennis Eckersley

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I just live in the truth and think that every moment counts.

Debra Winger

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It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Twenty years later, twenty years after I joined the women's movement, we're still talking about the same issues. We're still talking about reproductive rights for women, and we're still talking about getting equal pay for women. And that's just frustrating.

Corin Tucker

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Acting is a smaller piece in a big puzzle. There are charity things I want to immerse myself in and want to have the time to go and give back to people who don't have the opportunities I have. It's a very important thing to me.

Ashley Greene

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On a very long and very high wire, I will not hope to not be blown off by high winds. I will have the certitude that such could not happen.

Philippe Petit

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Everybody has secrets.

Sheryl Lee

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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene.

Nicolas Cage

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