455 Quotes by Dave Eggers


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    That is when the commitment to change would be put to the test: when the cameras are gone and the reporters are gone and the glamour disappears and the tedium sets in – the crushing tedium. That is when you realize, in your solitary moments, how much of your life you will have to sacrifice to change the world.

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    A human’s choice is either to see new things, mountains, waterfalls, deadly storms and seas and volcanoes, or to see the same man-made things endlessly reconfigured.

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    The inactive must justify their sloth by picking nits with those making an attempt –.

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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 grade level higher.

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