David Foster Wallace Quotes
There are no choices without personal freedom, Buckeroo. It's not us who are dead inside. These things you find so weak and contemptible in us - these are just the hazards of being free
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I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people.
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Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
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Discipline and united action are the real source of strength for the nation.
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It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can't stop thinking about it.
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I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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L.A. really doesn't feel like home to me anymore.
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I was not really as good as I should have been.
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You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.
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I had that hunger to work and keep growing. So I started to cut hair. When I started getting better, I got my own barbershop. I had a lot of clients in my hometown, so I wouldn't stop cutting hair. That's why I think I have such discipline in my job because I've always been very responsible.
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The best founders are extremely thoughtful and have an eye for quality. I don't know if there's any generic advice here that would be helpful. Startup knowledge is a moving target.
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It is our duty, to ourselves and to our children, to see the new world as it is now.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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I'm gradually working through my obsessions, and maybe, when they're all free and clear, I'll write a comedy. But I'm not there yet.
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You are free to choose. You are not free not to choose. No choice is a choice. You are free to choose but you are not free to choose the consequences of that choice.
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There's nothing wrong in men of God going into politics. It will help them to do what is right.
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When someone comes up to me and says, 'Mary, you helped save my marriage', or, 'Mary, you helped me get out of this abusive relationship', I'm in it, really in their lives. And I'm so passionate about my feelings, but also about showing people the way through theirs.
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There are no choices without personal freedom, Buckeroo. It's not us who are dead inside. These things you find so weak and contemptible in us - these are just the hazards of being free
