#act

I did that all the more, if I may say so, because I was aware of the fact that there is an inclination to go to extremes in German people, and in the German character generally. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#because #character #did #extremes #fact

In my Gau, as far as I know, only Communists who had actually worked against the State were arrested. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#against #arrested #as far as #communists #far

Through the Young Men's Christian Association and principally in Australia and North America, as well as in South America, I came into contact with families of these countries. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#association #australia #came #christian #contact

I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that's actually what 'style' is - an avoidance of your deficiencies. ↗

— George Saunders

#always #around #avoidance #aware #come

Character is that sum total of moments we can't explain. ↗

— George Saunders

#explain #moments #sum #sum total #total

I could actually care less about the poor. We have some living near us, and pee-yew. They are always coming and going to their three or four jobs at all hours of the day and night. Annoying! ↗

— George Saunders

#actually #always #annoying #care #coming

I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesn't eradicate the reality of the suffering. It's all true at once, kind of humming and sublime. ↗

— George Saunders

#beauty #believe #capitalism #eradicate #even

I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And he's made of sugar. ↗

— George Saunders

#character #drama #feel #foster #half

I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization. ↗

— George Saunders

#desires #emotions #fears #fiction #get

This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House - and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important - his and his family's well-being. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#affair #aside #become #constituents #distraction