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
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My hope is that they would be convicted and put behind bars. They'll never stop doing this unless they get help. We're not doing them any favors by letting them be free.
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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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Yuppies, I guess, and younger intellectuals, whatever. These are the people pretty much all the younger writers I admire are writing for, I think.
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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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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.
building people roots shock
This was a shock to everyone. The building has been here for 35 years; people have roots here.
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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.
risks whenever
and take risks whenever you think it is right.
community district gave paying
It comes down to community involvement and paying back to a district that gave so much to me as a student.
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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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It is our aim to get as many players as we can in the national squad and they will come back to Ulster better players.
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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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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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It gives you a bit of extra confidence when you are out there.