"I grew up in Chicago on the South Side, and had a ton of freedom, just did whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. At the risk of sounding dopey, I would say it was blissful."

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George Saunders

#Risk Quotes #Chicago Quotes #Sides Quotes

“Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule.”
“I watched the land for as long as I could, until it disappeared behind its shawl of mist, and until I had it fixed in my mind - unchanged, mysterious and beautiful”

Source : Aimee Friedman (2009). “Sea Change”, p.198, Scholastic Inc.
“I was a fat little kid with a speech impediment. I used to get beat up, not just picked on.”

Source : "Herschel Walker: 'Tell the World My Truth'" by Bob Woodruff, Jaime Hennessey and James Hill, abcnews.go.com. April 14, 2008.
“The health benefits, both mental and physical, of humor are well documented. A good laugh can diffuse tension, relieve stress, and release endorphins into your system, which act as a natural mood elevator. In Norman Cousin's book, Anatomy of an Illness, Cousin's describes the regimen he followed to overcome a serious debilitating disease he was suffering from. It included large doses of laughter and humor. Published in 1976, his book has been widely accepted by the medical community.”
“I flush with heaving passion's strange delight, Yet find contentment lost in appetite.”
“It may not be fair, but it's true that in politics - in TV broadcasting, in any public figure - people pay attention to your appearances. One of the things we were all talking about was Al Gore won't be running for president unless we see that he's losing weight. Americans usually elect a taller man president.”

Source : Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com
“The only failure is the failure to learn from conscious and deliberate efforts to make things better, even if those attempts fall short of the mark.”
“My books don't seem to belong to me after I have once written them; and I find myself delivering opinions about them as if I had nothing to do with them.”

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