Dave Eggers Quotes
When we pass by another person without telling them we love them it’s cruel and wrong and we all know this.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.
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Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.
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I've always been fond of acoustic music.
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I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
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If you want the Migos to come to your venue, you need to have security there because of the type of music we're rappin'. We get fans excited.
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Most people, even most doctors, learn that the placenta is a nice, tight seal that prevents anything in the mother's body from invading the fetus, and vice-versa. That's mostly true. But the placenta doesn't seal off the baby perfectly, and every so often, something slips across.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?
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The stream in my hometown Calgary is the oil and gas industry - that's the talk you hear on the street.
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I like to cook, walk on the beach, go to concerts and look at fine art.
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Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.
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Even on your hiatus, you feel like you need to keep the character in the back of your brain.
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I was brought up by my mum and my sister. I've always been around independent women; I like that. Anybody who's a fake I don't like and I don't talk to.
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The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head. I usually start writing a new book around January, and it's due October 1.
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No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create, Raul. Or for those who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.
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A good espresso to me is a little bit salty; you just become used to a good taste. Anytime I go into a new place and they don't clean their machine properly or the water temperature isn't right, it tastes awful.
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I think one of the lessons of the Depression - and this is something that Franklin Roosevelt demonstrated - was that when orthodoxy fails, then you need to try new things. And he was very willing to try unorthodox approaches when the orthodox approach had shown that it was not adequate.
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Knowledge! What does that mean? Your knowledge is nothing but cowardice. No, really, that's all it is. You just want to put a little wall around infinity. And you're afraid to look on the other side of that wall.
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If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.
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I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of devastating reality.
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When we pass by another person without telling them we love them it’s cruel and wrong and we all know this.
