"Again the greatest use of a human was……" — Dave Eggers
"Again the greatest use of a human was to be useful. Not to consume, not to watch, but to do something for someone else that improved their life, even for a few minutes."
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182 Quotes by Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers has 182 quotes on this site.
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WHEN we don't get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don't blame the soldiers.
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Every story we remember is a novel. Novels make things more universal.
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You might not be able to operate your own Learjet and have an unlimited expense account, but if you have…
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Do not be critics, you people, I beg you. I was a critic and I wish I could take it…
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It was always difficult to get cattle returned once a marriage was dissolved.
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Suffering is only suffering if it’s done in silence, in solitude. Pain experienced in public, in view of loving millions,…
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The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month, those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder, next…
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Writing is a deep-sea dive. You need hours just to get into it: down, down, down. If you're called back…
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You know, it's been proven that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention, a student can get one…
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We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.
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The only thing that everyone needs to look out for is keeping the students reading through high school and thereafter.
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There is travel and there are babies; everything else is drudgery and death.
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More Consume Quotes
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Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the…
— Mary J. Blige
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The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.
— James Agee
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We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused…
— David Cameron
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All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel…
— Noam Chomsky
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There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political…
— Noam Chomsky
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Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart…
— Maya Angelou
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It is a fact that, in the West, we live in a capitalist society, but that does not mean that…
— Giorgio Armani
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We may be forced to consume considerable time before the spirit cooperates. For example, God would like to enlarge the…
— Watchman Nee
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When a man is down on his luck he seems to consume all he can get of coffee and doughnuts.
— Robertson Davies
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One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves. The…
— Susan Sontag
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Let weak Christians know that a spark from heaven, though kindled under green wood that sobs and smokes, yet it…
— Richard Sibbes
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An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced.
— Ayn Rand
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