"We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to."

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Source : "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius". Book by Dave Eggers, 2000.

Dave Eggers

#Would Be Quotes #Absurd Quotes #Extraordinary Things Quotes

“After high school, I went to VCU and got a B.F.A. in theater. I got to do a bunch of stuff professionally throughout college. I actually got my SAG card in college.”

Source : "Happy Beginnings and 'Happy Endings' for Zachary Knighton". Interview with Jessica Gardner, www.backstage.com. February 23, 2012.
“Of all the arts the living of a life is perhaps the greatest; to live every moment of life with the same imaginative commitment as the poet brings to a special field.”
“The salvation of the world lies in the human heart.”
“If you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold.”

Source : Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang (1997). “Pour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time”
“[T]he syndrome known as life is too diffuse to admit of palliation. For every symptom that is eased, another is made worse. The horse leech's daughter is a closed system. Her quantum of wantum cannot vary.”
“Sometimes I don't know whether I'm thening or nowing.”
“It's a truism in technological development that no silver lining comes without its cloud.”
“And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.”

Source : The Shepherd's Calendar "July" l. 99 (1579)

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