"I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it."
"It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience."
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Source: David Foster Wallace (2009). “This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life”, p.56, Hachette UK
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