Dave Eggers Quotes
The weird thing is that working within an established story was actually kind of liberating. You know the beginning and middle and end, more or less, so there's less pressure to figure all that out.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.
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I keep on saying, being moderate is fundamental to Islam.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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I still haven't found the humor in getting hit by a cement truck. My knees still hurt when I think about it, so no jokes about that yet.
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The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl's been expanding along with the universe.
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When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
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It takes a little bit more mentally to figure out what I need to do to be most effective. The game is ever evolving. So you have to constantly pay attention to the change because you don't want to be left behind.
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Obviously, I'm in a visual business, and people will talk to me about my appearance.
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As a child, you respond physically, tactically. You're delighted by sound, you're delighted by recognizing something. It's like hide and seek. Is it there? Is it not there? Is it this note? Is it not this note? It's one fantastic game.
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Clearly America businesses are interested in opening up new markets not just in Cuba, but all over the world.
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It's much more fun, I think, to watch something physical than just heads talking to each other. I like watching people fall down and push each other.
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The economic meltdown that would define every aspect of Obama's economy came to a head well before he became president, of course, and so did the legislation that would be the basis for everything that came after.
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The weird thing is that working within an established story was actually kind of liberating. You know the beginning and middle and end, more or less, so there's less pressure to figure all that out.
