"I had grown up as a fan of……" — Dave Eggers
"I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often."
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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 Chicago Quotes
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one of 592 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
— Jack Adams
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I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
— Jack Adams
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Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only…
— Dave Barry
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No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.
— Saul Bellow
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Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army.
— John Belushi
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I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that…
— Wilford Brimley
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In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first…
— Steve Albini
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I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community…
— Jane Byrne
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I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago…
— Steve Carell
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The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.
— Steve Carell
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I had, like, two goals in my career: One was to try to get into 'Second City.' When I moved…
— Steve Carell
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