David Foster Wallace: Frasi in inglese

David Foster Wallace era scrittore e saggista statunitense. Frasi in inglese.
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“What TV is extremely good at—and realize that this is "all it does"—is discerning what large numbers of people think they want, and supplying it.”

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David Foster Wallace

“I believe I want adult sanity, which seems to me the only unalloyed form of heroism available today.”

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David Foster Wallace

“Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden.”

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David Foster Wallace libro La scopa del sistema

Origine: The Broom of the System

“There is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshiping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.”

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David Foster Wallace

Origine: This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

“Talent is its own expectation, Jim: you either live up to it or it waves a hankie, receding forever.”

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David Foster Wallace

“For those who've never experienced a sunrise in the rural midwest, it's roughly as soft and romantic as someone's abruptly hitting the lights in a dark room.”

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David Foster Wallace libro The Pale King

Origine: The Pale King

“It is tragic and sad and chaotic and lovely. All life is the same, as citizens of the human State: the animating limits are within, to be killed and mourned, over and over again.”

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David Foster Wallace libro Infinite Jest

Origine: Infinite Jest

“Like so many other nerdy, disaffected young people of that time, I dreamed of becoming an 'artist', i. e., somebody whose adult job was original and creative instead of tedious and dronelike.”

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David Foster Wallace libro The Pale King

Origine: The Pale King

“And when he came to, he was flat on his back on the beach in the freezing sand, and it was raining out of a low sky, and the tide was way out.”

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David Foster Wallace libro Infinite Jest

Origine: Infinite Jest

“I cannot say what color Lenore Beadsman’s eyes are; I cannot look at them; they are the sun to me.”

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David Foster Wallace libro La scopa del sistema

Origine: The Broom of the System

“So yo then man what's your story?”

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David Foster Wallace libro Infinite Jest

Origine: Infinite Jest

“She wanted only tall smooth bottles whose labels spoke of Proof.”

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David Foster Wallace libro Infinite Jest

Origine: Infinite Jest

“He said she went around with her feelings out in front of her with an arm around the feelings' windpipe and a Glock 9mm. to the feelings' temple like a terrorist with a hostage, daring you to shoot.”

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David Foster Wallace

“Be on guard. The road widens, and many of the detours are seductive.”

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David Foster Wallace libro Infinite Jest

Origine: Infinite Jest

“[T]o really try to be informed and literate today is to feel stupid nearly all the time, and to need help.”

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David Foster Wallace

Origine: The Best American Essays 2007

“The entire ball game, in terms of both the exam and life, was what you gave attention to vs. what you willed yourself to not.”

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David Foster Wallace libro The Pale King

Origine: The Pale King

“They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier.”

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David Foster Wallace libro Infinite Jest

Origine: Infinite Jest (1996)

“Abstruse dullness is actually a much more effective shield than is secrecy. For the great disadvantage of secrecy is that it’s interesting.”

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David Foster Wallace libro The Pale King

Origine: The Pale King