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Up Quotes by Susan Orlean
- The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired.
- I think the real reason is that life has no meaning. I mean, no obvious meaning. You wake up, you go to work, you do…
- The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired. I have been tired for decades. I…
- We do a lot of bird-watching up in the country, but we almost never have a chance to people-watch. There simply aren't enough human beings…
- I went to a football school, which meant that I went to a university that served up education and was simultaneously operating a sports franchise.
- I had never considered using a hashtag anywhere other than on Twitter, but now I'm inspired. Text messages have always seemed a little flat to…
- I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle - a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand…
- I once had a boyfriend who couldn't write unless he was wearing a necktie and a dress shirt, which I thought was really weird, because…
- To my great surprise, Twitter is not housed in a silver pod that orbits Earth at supersonic speeds, vacuuming up and then dispersing digital bits…
- When I still lived in Manhattan, people-watching was my hobby, and I spent many Sunday afternoons eating up the scene from a window seat at…
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- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
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- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong