David Foster Wallace Quotes
Pleasure becomes a value, a teleological end in itself. It's probably more Western than U.S. per se.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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When you have brothers, you learn to be fiercely competitive with someone you love so they won't kill you and you won't kill them.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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I always used to watch 'The Daily Show,' and there were all these comedic geniuses there. I didn't know if I was going to be hired full time or not. At the beginning, I was sort of hired as a part time, on and off guy. When I first got hired - it was August 2006 - and I was working on and off, and they'd call me whenever.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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People really love editorial cartoons, and I think publishers understand that.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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I've always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the edge of the cliff and deciding to jump.
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If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
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I used to find great difficulty in drawing feet.
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No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.
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Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
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I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.
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I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.
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I had a chance to play for the Cuban national team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but at the time I never thought about leaving Cuba.
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I grew up with lots of animals and I related more to them than I did to people. I feel a lot of empathy for them.
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The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
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We sometimes speak of stubborn facts. Nonsense! A fact is a mere babe when compared with a stubborn theory.
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Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live.
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Everything else - music, cinematography, costumes, design, acting - can be judged at face value. But when you're looking at editing, you don't know what the totality of the material was, and you don't know the working dynamic between a director and an editor - whether the editor was micromanaged or given free rein. It's very difficult.
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Pleasure becomes a value, a teleological end in itself. It's probably more Western than U.S. per se.
