David Foster Wallace Quotes
The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still 'are' human beings, now. Or can be.
Quotes to Explore
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No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
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Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.
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I don't know of any plans to remaster the Mr Mister catalog.
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We don't want to abandon any of the market we have now. We just want to gain new market.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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When I have really blonde hair, I usually go for a more natural look, wearing way less makeup.
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I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
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And then I graduate two years later, in 1998, with my class. And, since then I've been here in Houston for training basically. And I was very happy to be assigned to this mission.
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A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality.
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While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to some extent.
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Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical.
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Oh, I was working occasionally in and out of New York.
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Did people think I sounded black? Totally, but that was a marketing tool as well, but also this is how I grew up and these are my influences.
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'I have now learnt to despise you,' he said. 'You refused an honest prince; you did not appreciate the rose and the nightingale; but you did not mind kissing a swineherd for his toys; you have no one but yourself to blame!'
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I believe marriage is a human right, not a state right.
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Oh, I like to take classes every chance that I get. If I'm not working after about four or five months, I'll jump back into a class.
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We should not think that we achieve success in preaching through our own devices, but we should rely entirely on God.
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What we aim to do is calm the spirit and get in touch with the source from which everything comes, removing any trace of malice or egotism. If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good or bad about someone else, you’ll forget your own soul and end up exhausted and defeated by the energy you have wasted in judging others.
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My job is to cover the hell out of the story, very aggressively. The real place to be courageous if you're a news organization is where you put your people to cover the story. It's making sure that you have people going to Baghdad. It's making sure that you figure out how to cover the war in Afghanistan. While the journalist in me completely stands with them, the editor of the New York Times in me thinks my job is to figure out what the hell happened and cover the hell out of it, and that's more important than some symbolic drawing on the front page.
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The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still 'are' human beings, now. Or can be.
