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Back in 1992, I had my first story accepted by 'The New Yorker.' ↗

— George Saunders

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For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on page three, and the reader's ears go up a bit, as opposed to dropping it all on the first page. ↗

— George Saunders

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I can remember the first face-lift show that came on. I rang up everyone - are you watching? I'm watching. ↗

— Jennifer Saunders

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I remember when the first police scary video thing came out, and you thought, wow, ooh, look at this, come and look, come and look. And now it's on every channel. ↗

— Jennifer Saunders

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The first of these phases is that of grammar, invented by the Greeks and carried on unchanged by the French. It never had any philosophical view of a language as such. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

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The first year I sold a photo to was a lady who thought I was a chef, for some reason. I've no idea why. ↗

— Graeme Le Saux

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How can you tell somebody whose is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made? ↗

— Dan Savage

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If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

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Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#exception #first #least #neighbors #silently

I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

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