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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I try to do one thing a day that makes me proud of myself.
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Upsetting the dope is a favorite pastime in baseball. Past performances count for but little in the national pastime. Reputations don't get you anywhere. A club is judged solely on results, and to get results, you must win ball games.
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As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
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I don't think anybody's ever notified that they were sentenced to an extra two years because their recidivism score had been high, or notified that this beat cop happened to be in their neighborhood checking people's pockets for pot because of a predictive policing algorithm. That's just not how it works.
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To him who knows to prosper and does it not, to him it is sin.
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You can't talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!
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The best way to have your people be happy and satisfied is to earn the right to have them come back to work for you the next day, knowing that there are tons of other places.
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‘Listen John-’ ‘Who’s John?’ ‘You’re John.’ ‘I’m John?’ ‘Yeah, I changed your name.’
