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Surrendering to jargon is a sign of journalism's dismal lack of self-confidence in the optimized age of content-management systems.

~George Packer

Topics: Age Dismal Jargon Journalism Lack Self-Confidence Sign Systems

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I had this desire to see the world. I couldn't see any of it, but I saw it in my imagination, and that's why I always read books, and I could go to Mars or Middle Earth or the Hyborian age.

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: Age Always Any Books Could Desire Earth Go Had Imagination Mars Middle Read Saw See Why World

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Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

~George Sand

Topics: Age Keep Old Old Age Right Soul Try Up Young Your

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The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

~George Santayana

Topics: Age Green Inveterate Most Old Old Age Passions Pride Vigorous Wounded

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We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.

~George Saunders

Topics: Age Aspire Die Fail Posture Shrink Then Try Vanish

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My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect.

~George Saunders

Topics: Age Am Been Confidence Dark Dark Side Edgy Expect Fact Habit Loving Maybe More Now People Prove Say Side Something Than Things Towards True Well Would Yeah You I Am I Can

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All my musical foundations go back to the age of 3. My family tell me that I used to listen to the old crystal set, then go to the piano and pick out the tune that I just heard.

~George Shearing

Topics: Age Back Crystal Family Foundations Go Heard Just Listen Me Musical Old Out Piano Pick Set Tell Then Tune Used

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I studied with a blind teacher from about 5 until I was 16, at two different schools. From the age of 12 until 16, I was in a boarding school-which, I believe, at that time was compulsory for blind children.

~George Shearing

Topics: About Age Believe Blind Boarding Children Compulsory Different Schools Studied Teacher Time Two Until I Believe

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Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.

~George Steiner

Topics: Able Age Am Career End Given Near Pretty Scholar Speak Teacher Things Wanted Will Writer I Am

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The age of the book is almost gone.

~George Steiner

Topics: Age Almost Book Gone

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