"I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture."
-Susan Orlean
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"Every corny thing that's said about living with nature - being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons - happens to be true.“
-Susan Orlean
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"I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of options does not make you feel privileged and indulged too many options make you feel like all of them are wrong, and that you are wrong if you choose any of them."
-Susan Orlean
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"Sometimes I'm dazzled by how modern and fabulous we are, and how easy everything can be for us that's the gilded glow of technology, and I marvel at it all the time."
-Susan Orlean
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"I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring in loads of money to universities. I don't believe the money goes anywhere other than back into the sports teams, but that's another story."
-Susan Orlean
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"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."
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"I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so keeping your private information to yourself is essential - especially if you are a controversial figure, a celebrity, or a dissident."
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"I have a bit of a rebellious nature."
-John Cusack
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"It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal."
-Amy Grant
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"I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop."
-Willie Stargell
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"There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder."
-Alfred Austin
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"Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!"
-Taslima Nasrin
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"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."
-Charles Eastman
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