"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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"I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw for my birthday, but I think I'll probably be given jewelry instead.“
-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."
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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 sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday."
-Jesse Plemons
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"And I was very shy as a kid if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world."
-Cody Horn
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"I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days."
-Otis Blackwell
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"Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake."
-Walter Lord
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"Lucy took care of me on the set, and made sure that none of the crew cussed around me. She also had birthday parties for me and made sure that they were well attended."
-Keith Thibodeaux
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"With a recent birthday, I've been acting now for twenty years."
-Thayer David
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