Dave Eggers Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned.
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I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people working it out onstage. I don't know why that is.
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I think of the prisoners on 'Orange Is the New Black,' a lot of times, as uplifting.
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I've been doing this since 2011, when I started on Instagram. Building my presence on there was important to my brand, but I wanted to take my audience to other platforms, so I then crossed over to Twitter second, then YouTube third. It wasn't until I made my fourth crossover to a different platform that I went to Vine.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
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I feel like you learn how to do school in second grade through fifth grade. During those years, I was never home.
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
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Today our approaches to children are fragmented and partial. Those who care for well children know little of children who are sick. The deep knowledge that comes from the intensive attempt to cure is separated from the knowledge of those whose main task is to teach.
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We can all see God in exceptional things, but it requires the culture of spiritual discipline to see God in every detail.
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I can tell you that going to the Oscars is not as exciting as people think, at least for me.
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I've never had WiFi at home. I'm too easily distracted, and YouTube is too tempting.
