David Foster Wallace Quotes
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There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
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Indonesia's diversity is formidable: some thirteen and a half thousand islands, two hundred and fifty million people, around three hundred and sixty ethnic groups, and more than seven hundred languages.
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And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.
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No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms.
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When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
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An author's characters do what he wants them to do.
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I think I just have to control what I can control. I can control myself. I can't control anything else but what I do. I definitely know I can do a better job at that.
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I'm in good shape.
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We have a very long way to go to really penetrate the power structure. Until that happens, you will not see stability among the workforce, among women - in the workforce among women.
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I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets to allocate scarce resources and minimizes the regulatory burden on business.
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Vegas is like the old definition of writing: though I don't enjoy writing, I love having written. Though I didn't enjoy Vegas, I love having lived there.
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Se, depois de eu morrer, quiserem escrever a minha biografia,Não há nada mais simples.Tem só duas datas-a da minha nascença e a da minha morte.Entre uma e outra coisa todos os dias são meus.
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If the man who turnips cries,Cry not when his father dies,'Tis a proof that he had ratherHave a turnip than his father.
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It must be poor life that achieves freedom from fear.
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It's very difficult to judge relationships from the outside. You never know what happens in intimate moments with two people to know why they really support and love each other.
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The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.
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I think of John McCain as a conservative, but he is clearly not the same kind of 'conservative' as, say, Rand Paul. The word is close to losing almost all meaning.
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Most people miss the great part mental outlook plays in this game.
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What I like about Kickstarter is it helps games that people want to play still get made, even if you don't pump $20 million dollars into it to try and meet all the stupid bells and whistles that publishers feel must be in games nowadays.
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Grief is love not wanting to let go.
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Once she has committed sin, there is nothing left for the Protestant woman, whereas the Catholic Church, hope of forgiveness makes a woman sublime.
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When you are rowing well and hard, the rhythm of the stroke takes over. It drives your days and restores your nights. It imparts cadence and direction. You feel like you and the boats are one, you feel that no obstacle will put up any more resistance than the water does to your oars, you feel that hard work and grit and mental toughness will always win it for you in the end.
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'You know what your problem is, Hallie?' 'I have just one problem?'
