"I grew up north of Chicago, not far……" — Dave Eggers
"I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road."
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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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