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David Foster Wallace has 310 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
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One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner…
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God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to…
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When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e.,…
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Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want…
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Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz…
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Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love'…
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You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about…
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Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try…
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No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
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Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an…
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No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.
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Fight less, cuddle more. Demand less, serve more. Text less, talk more. Criticize less, compliment more. Stress less, laugh more. worry less,…
— Dave Willis
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There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.
— Mother Teresa
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The essential point here is that all people with small, insecure incomes are in the same boat and ought to be fighting…
— George Orwell
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Less talk - more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive talking, spiritual energy is being wasted.
— Sathya Sai Baba
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In fact, the likeliest reason why so many of us care so little about politics is that modern politicians makes us sad,…
— David Foster Wallace
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It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly…
— Timothy Keller
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There should be less talk. . . . What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says…
— Mother Teresa
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Dear Men, LESS talk. MORE action.
— Nylle
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I need less friends more bread, less talk more head.
— Big Sean
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I'm not like alot of girls; talk about my weight and I could care less, talk about my hight and I'll really…
— Rachel
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Less talk, less mistake
— Jenny_pajaron
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