Augusten Burroughs Quotes about Giving

In some ways, blogging is like drinking - it gives a person permission to be a total asshole.

In some ways, blogging is like drinking - it gives a person permission to be a total asshole.

Drinking, Giving, Way

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In order for us [people] to progress, we need brilliance and brilliance isn't fair and it's not polite and we can't grow it. It happens. Genius happens and it doesn't always happen in a zip code where we can access it. Therefore, we kind of need [Internet] not to keep tabs on everybody but we need to give them access to everybody else.

Augusten Burroughs

Order, People, Giving

Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

I love to both give and receive very old books.

Augusten Burroughs

Book, Giving, Giving And Receiving

Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping.

Augusten Burroughs

Real, Emotional, Giving

Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.17, Macmillan

You can make almost anything a learning or positive experience. I think I offer a good example of how to make the most out of what life gives you and how to keep moving on.

Augusten Burroughs

Moving, Thinking, Giving

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There's a lot about being "A Writer" that has nothing to do with writing. That's one thing I've discovered. You've got to meet with the sales force, and you've got to have all these luncheons, and be gracious, and you've got to give a lot of presentations and you've got to give a lot of speeches, and you've got to be on tour.

Augusten Burroughs

Writing, Giving, Speech

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Augusten Burroughs Quotes about Giving

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