I believe that, when [meeting of writer and reader] happens and the reader goes out into the world … - George Saunders

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Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to be done.

George Saunders

I believe that, when [meeting of writer and reader] happens and the reader goes out into the world the next day, there's some alteration that might possibly inflect the person positively.

Alteration, Believe, Day, Next Day, World

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What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.

Advice, Kindness, Life, Regret

Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.

Amen, Confused, Die, Hurt, Life

I think it is time for a new pride in the intellectual life, and a new impatience with people who take pride in ignorance, or somehow use "elite" to mean "person who has taken the time to know" and then are eager to dismiss, say, striving, or the notion that improving one's self out of difficult conditions is a noble thing.

Ignorance, Impatience, Mean, Taken, Thing, Use

The thing I've discovered that is a help is that there isn't a simple virtue or a simple vice. They're always connected. If you have Tendency A, that you loathe, you can almost be sure that Tendency B, which you love, is somehow connected to it.

Discovered, Love Is, Simple, Thing, Vice, Vices

What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering, and I responded. . . sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.

Graduation, Human, Kindness, Life, Regret, Suffering

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What was your greatest challenge? Staying alive as a business, staying ahead of the game, and melding my business life with my personal life.

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It's a morality that keeps humans human.

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George Michael

Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to be done.

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James Patterson

When you go out to Hollywood, it's like, "Here's the book. It is what it is. It'll always stay the same. "

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Gloria Steinem

The gender prism is just descending upon us. For instance, when we're girls of nine or 10 we may be climbing trees and saying, "I know what I want. I know what I think. " And then suddenly at 11 or 12, the gender role takes hold, and adults tell us, "How clever of you to know what time it is. " It happens to boys, too and even sooner - between five and eight. Before that, boys cry and express uncertainty.

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