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David Foster Wallace Quotes

David Foster Wallace quotes about smile

American Writer February 21, 1962 – December 12, 2008

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An ad that pretends to be art is -- at absolute best -- like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because he wants something from you. This is dishonest, but what's sinister is the cumulative effect that such dishonesty has on us: since it offers a perfect facsimile or simulacrum of goodwill without goodwill's real spirit, it messes with our heads and eventually starts upping our defenses even in cases of genuine smiles and real art and true goodwill. It makes us feel confused and lonely... David Foster Wallace
Sometimes the newer kids who won’t even let him near them come in and set the resistance on the shoulder-pull at a weight greater than their own weight. The guru on the towel dispenser just sits there and smiles and doesn’t say anything. They hunker, then, and grimace, and try to pull the bar down, but, like, lo: the overweighted shoulder-pull becomes a chin-up. Up they go, their own bodies, toward the bar they’re trying to pull down. Everyone should get at least one good look at the eyes of... David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "The teeth of the smile evidenced a clinical depressive’s..."
The teeth of the smile evidenced a clinical depressive’s classic inattention to oral hygiene. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. David Foster Wallace

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