"What passes for hip cynical transcendence of sentiment……" — David Foster Wallace
"What passes for hip cynical transcendence of sentiment is really some kind of fear of being really human, since to be really human [...] is probably to be unavoidably sentimental and naïve and goo-prone and generally pathetic."
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303 Quotes by David Foster Wallace
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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…
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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…
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When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional…
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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…
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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,…
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Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one…
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You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky…
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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…
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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…
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No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.
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More Cynical Quotes
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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us…
— Honore de Balzac
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The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
— Honore de Balzac
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It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and…
— Brendan Behan
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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet…
— John Berger
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Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired…
— Allan Bloom
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I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not…
— Ben Affleck
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It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
— Bono
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It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even…
— John Boorman
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If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go…
— Ray Bradbury
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I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of…
— Jo Brand
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For better or for worse, I've watched people die in front of me. I see how they are in the…
— Mitch Albom
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