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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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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I happened to be in a position in Superior where I could play three sports, and when I came to Minnesota, I had the understanding they would allow me to play three sports. Kids now don't have the same amount of time. You have coaches that think baseball is 10 months a year. Hockey is 11 or 12 months a year.
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Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.
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When I got signed, I had just turned 16. I felt like I had to continuously have these confrontations with older men who were doubting my ideas because I was a woman, because I was 16.
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I used to bicycle to work across the George Washington Bridge, but my wife told me it wasn't professional.
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'Compromise is necessary,' Max agreed, 'so long as you never give up who you are. That isn’t compromise; that’s spiritual death. You have to remain true to yourself.'
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‘Listen John-’ ‘Who’s John?’ ‘You’re John.’ ‘I’m John?’ ‘Yeah, I changed your name.’
