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Whatever you love, that will be an influence. It just will. So in effect the young writer's job is: go out and find some stuff to love.
George Saunders
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George Saunders
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 2
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I've had that my whole career. People were always hedging around the question of: Why are you so dark? What happened to you?
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If you want to be good, all you've got to do is be good.
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Anyone can be shamed, but feeling guilt requires empathy within.
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The old and honorable American notion, that a person who works hard should be able to live in freedom and security, with dignity - seems to have taken on a secondary status.
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