Dave Eggers Quotes
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Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined.
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You can't get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
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People who watch 'Transporter' are maybe asking a little less about reality, being serious, and so on.
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I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't annoy the heck out of each other every 15 minutes.
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When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.
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The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be.
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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.
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People who wear fur smell like a wet dog if they're in the rain. And they look fat and gross.
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Nothing lasts in New York. The life that is lived there, however, is as intense as it gets.
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I discovered 'The Shield' back around 2010, when the Archie superheroes were licensed to DC Comics. From there, I went back into the archives and discovered this whole universe of characters, and I was hooked.
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As a child, I was subjected to a lot of spaghetti Westerns and hated them. I wanted the Indians to win - or just not be so sad!
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Google is not a synonym for research.
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If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.
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I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless.
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We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.
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Just because I make something doesn't mean that it's going to be amazing, and most creative people don't like to admit when their music is just okay.
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When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family.
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Handwriting challenges aside, I love paper cards. I love the endless stewing involved in picking them out at the store. I love buying holiday stamps at the post office, and I love that 'whoosh' sound the cards make when I drop them into the mail slot.
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And if you can find out something about the laws of your own growth and vision as well as those of photography you may be able to relate the two, create an object that has a life of its own, which transcends craftsmanship. That is a long road, and because it must be your own road nobody can teach it to you or find it for you. There are no shortcuts, no rules.
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In TV and movies, you kill yourself spending all this time to think up the symbolism or what if that deer that runs across your hero's path somehow conveys what's going on inside your hero's head? When a lot of times, you just want to hear what he's thinking.
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'When everything is known, everything acceptable will be accepted.'
