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The house is a factory.

Dave Eggers

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Dave Eggers
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 12
Activist Shareholder
Editor
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Boston
Massachusetts
Lucy Thompson
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I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road.
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The weird thing is that working within an established story was actually kind of liberating. You know the beginning and middle and end, more or less, so there's less pressure to figure all that out.
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The air is like being wanted, we say, and they nod approvingly. The air is like getting older, they say, and they touch our arms gently.
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Once a year, she remembers that she is insignificant. Then she forgets agains, because more than she is insignificant, she is forgetful.
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I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. I just have an affection for paper, and that's no secret, I guess.
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The key thing is managed awareness of your role in the world and history. Think too much and you know you are nothing. Think just enough and you know you are small, but important to some. That's the best you can do.
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I went to Saudi Arabia in 2010, and spent most of my time in Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City.
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I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house.
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I often cannot believe the things I do.
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Every story we remember is a novel. Novels make things more universal.
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But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them.
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Pain comes at me and I take it, chew it for a few minutes, and spit it back out. It's just not my thing anymore.
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I went to public school all my life and all through college and I liked it.
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If you think I'm annoying and preachy now, you should have known me in grade school.
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