Dave Eggers Quotes
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I feel the need to work with my wife, Lena Olin, again.
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We copied laws and regulations from western countries, but enforcement remains weak, and environmental litigation is still quite near impossible.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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By preventing pneumonia and other diseases, we are giving men, women and children the chance to live healthy productive lives and participate in the global economy. In doing so, we are not only enhancing their futures - we are enhancing our own.
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I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.
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Each one prays to God according to his own light.
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It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.
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Reconciliations are for after the violence has ended.
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I'm more mature. I respect more the game as I should.
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There's a difference between solitude and loneliness.
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There has no doubt to be fundamental research in science, but applied research is equally important for new improvements and changes in our techniques.
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No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
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I couldn't beat people with my strength; I don't have a hard shot; I'm not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.
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The President has apples on the table And barefoot servants round him, who adjust The curtains to a metaphysical 't'
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You try to claim that the GPLv3 causes 'More developers', and that, my idiotic penpal, is just crazy talk that you made up.
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You'd be surprised how many people want to hang an electric chair on their living-room wall. Specially if the background color matches the drapes.
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If you talk about Lindsay Lohan for four or five days a week, you really can't bear to talk about her on the weekends.
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There aren't always answers for the questions you're looking for, so I have to make peace with that sometimes.
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I've had hundreds of requests from journalists all over the world asking me to speak about Leicester, which is astonishing. It's captured the imagination.
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I'm a mash-up of everyone. My influences would be Michael Jackson, Brandy, Aaliyah - those types of people. So if you can imagine them - and with me taking them, and then putting my own twist and the influence on it - that's musically what I would sound like.
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It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use them. They can't answer you or have a rebuttal.
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‘Listen John-’ ‘Who’s John?’ ‘You’re John.’ ‘I’m John?’ ‘Yeah, I changed your name.’
