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SUSAN ERTZ For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of ... SUSAN SONTAG By building relations we create a source of love and personal pride and belonging that makes living ... SUSAN LIEBERMAN I was the daughter of an immigrant, raised to feel that I needed to get excellent, flawless grades a... SUSAN CHOI Human relationships used to be easy: you had friends, boy- or girlfriends, parents, children, and la... SUSAN ORLEAN The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion,... SUSAN STRAIGHT When you think of Yahoo, they had a shot to be what Vox is doing, in terms of taking content and dis... SUSAN DECKER My father, born in Colorado, met my mother, born in Switzerland, when he went into the finance compa... SUSAN STRAIGHT My hobby is gardening, I love it, it's my main hobby. I like being at home and I'm very happ... SUSAN HAMPSHIRE If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more tree... SUSAN GEORGE The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured m... SUSAN SONTAG When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. SUSAN SARANDON In all my novels, a sense of place - not just geographic but social - is a critical element. I have ... SUSAN WIGGS To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time. SUSAN SONTAG I always try to avoid looking at the section where my books would be shelved, but I do know that my ... SUSAN CHOI