Dave Eggers Quotes
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I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
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No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
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I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And sometimes, on the greatest stages, it really does flourish.
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The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
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I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
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I knew that I wanted to write about a very young woman because I wanted to see the eyes of the art world in a fresh or even slightly naive way. Because there's something very honest about entering a room and not having a read on everyone there.
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It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.
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I thought of myself as an outsider in a lot of ways as I was growing up. Not in a bad way; more as an observer. I often find myself thinking as an observer of science fiction rather than as a participant.
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There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
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You're gifted to do something.
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I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.
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What do young, budding artists do, but go to law school? I had creative periods now and again, but it wasn't until I was practicing law that I really needed a creative outlet. I'd come home from long days at the office and draw, paint, and sculpt from clay, wire - even candy.
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One very clear memory I have of college is that I never learned anything in the big lectures. I have a feeling I'd have done even worse if they'd been on a laptop screen.
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I used to play rugby, polo, tennis, and cricket in school. It was only in the 1990s, when I used to live just opposite Harrods in London, that I started putting on weight. I used to have my breakfast there every day.
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Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression, so it's easy to spot once you're aware of its signs. One researcher has successfully tracked it in couples as a predictor of divorce. When someone is angry at you, you've still got traction with them, but when they display contempt, you've been dismissed.
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Emissions of greenhouse gases warm the planet, altering the carbon and water cycles. A warmer ocean stores more heat, providing more fuel for hurricanes. A warmer atmosphere holds more water, bringing dangerous deluges. Rising sea levels threaten coastal zones.
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I went to public school all my life and all through college and I liked it.
