David Wallace
David Wallace
A brilliant but troubled author, he is best known for Infinite Jest (1996) and other philosophically complex novels. He committed suicide at the age of forty-six.
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 February 1962
CityIthaca, NY
land water land-and-water
Land and water are not really separate things, but they are separate words, and we perceive through words.
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Civilization no longer needs to open up wilderness; it needs wilderness to help open up the still largely unexplored human mind.
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Fermentation may have been a better invention than fire.
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We believe this merger is in the best interests of all those connected with Lone Star. Our shareholders will receive a substantial premium to the current market value of their stock, and our customers, suppliers and employees will benefit from the combined resources of the two companies.
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will result in minimal dislocations in our operations.
great intelligence minds whether
Who can say whether Archimedes did it or not? ... He's one of the great mathematical minds in history. I wouldn't want to underestimate his intelligence or ability.
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Overall, the Army was a good experience for me. It got me out of Mississippi and gave me the benefits of the GI bill.
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We played a great first half. We have struggled in the second semester with our scoring and defense has been our whole focus. We came out and played great defense and our scoring was there.
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That has been the story of our year. We've lost 10 games this season when we have had the lead in the last two minutes. Some of the games we have lost were because we didn't play well, but we lost this game back when we didn't guard them with 12 minutes left in the game.
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Avoiding any reference to the pop would mean either being retrograde about what's "permissible" in serious art or else writing about some other world.
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They made some good pitches and we had some hard balls right at guys. That's baseball. That's the way it goes.
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This fun-filled family event will have a variety of food and drinks from the 18 vendors at Sunset Village along with a Kids' Corner, comprising of a number of games including the bouncing castle, Ice-Cream, Hoopla, Bingo and a Three on Three Basketball Tournament with Local Government playing the Members of Parliament, in a special challenge match that will highlight the competition.
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Yuppies, I guess, and younger intellectuals, whatever. These are the people pretty much all the younger writers I admire are writing for, I think.
risks whenever
and take risks whenever you think it is right.