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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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Havin lunch and debatin Ferrari prices. 23 and goin through a midlife crisis.
— Drake
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On my fortieth birthday, rather than merely bore my friends by having anything as mundane as a midlife crisis I decided it…
— Alan Moore
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I tend to do something for two years then move on to something new. Yoga, then biking, then weight lifting, then back…
— Brad Meltzer
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Ever heard of the phrase 'midlife crisis'?
— Janet Maslin
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Most of us abandoned the idea of a life full of adventure and travel sometime between puberty and our first job. Our…
— Tim Cahill
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Adam and Eve had their midlife Crisis when they realized that they were older than sin!
— Unknown Author
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You know what's funny? I don't ever feel the need to escape. I have a strong marriage. I like my life. You…
— Harry Connick, Jr.
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It's kind of like a midlife crisis kind of thing. When you turn 40, you have to run the marathon, while all…
— Joe Bastianich
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My career started young and I was really ambitious, and then I had success and I hung out with people who were…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Turn your midlife crisis to your own advantage by making it a time for renewal of your body and mind, rather than…
— Jane Brody
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You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film.
— Claire Danes
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I think midlife crisis is just a point where people's careers have reached some plateau and they have to reflect on their…
— Bill Murray
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