John Green
John Green
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth24 August 1977
CountryUnited States of America
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We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle.
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Whenever you use historic models, the housing market is going to be underestimated, and I think this is what has happened here.
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I was enrolled in divinity school and thought I was going to become a minister - I'm Episcopalian - but I was disavowed of that notion pretty quickly while working at the hospital. I found myself really unfulfilled by the answers that are traditionally offered to questions of why some people suffer and why others suffer so little.
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All else being equal, past officeholders ought to have an advantage, but all things are rarely equal.
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That's who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.
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Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That's me: I'm not that.
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I ran like a cheetah - well, like a cheetah that smoked too much.
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The times that were most fun seemed always to be followed by sadness now, because it was when life started to feel like it did when she was with us that we realized how utterly gone she was.
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I don't know how I look, but I know how I feel: Young. Goofy. Infinite.
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I'm in love with cities I've never been to and people I've never met.
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I may die young, but at least I'll die smart.
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dating you would be like a series of unnecessary root canals interspersed with occasional makeout sessions.
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One of the Great Rules of Economics According to John Green If you are rich, you have to be an idiot not to stay rich. And if you are poor, you have to be really smart to get rich.
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There are always answers. We just have to be smart enough.