David Foster Wallace
Writer
"One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he realized that no conclusion could be more horrible than solipsism."
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Edgar Allan Poe
Poet, Writer
"Me volví loco, con largos intervalos de horrible cordura."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"The only horrible thing in the world is ennui."
Lewis Black
Comedian, Actor, Author
"When we anticipate, we're the happiest. Unless you're on antidepressants. The reason you take antidepressants is because you can't anticipate. You think everything's going to be horrible, so it usually is."
Samuel Beckett
Playwright, Novelist
"It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible."
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"Hypocrisy is nothing, in fact, but a horrible hopefulness."
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"How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite."
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"I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it."
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"I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords."
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"I'm a former bulimic myself and it's a horrible, horrible addiction."
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"Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things."
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"We have a history when things are really horrible of wading in when no one else will."
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"Ugliness without tact is horrible."
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"All the time I'm not writing I feel like a criminal. It's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. It's much more relaxing to actually write."
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"I'm intrigued with figuring out the places [where] the horrible and the beautiful meet - that aesthetic fascinates me."
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"Since the dawn of time, primitive humans thought, loved and had poetry. They also pooped on everything. It was horrible."
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"I just think that pick-up lines in general are horrible. None of them work."
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"Everything trends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared up & happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that?"
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"Panic is a horrible thing."
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"It's so horrible to realize you're just the same as everyone else, isn't it?"
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"And it's very, very funny When you've lots and lots of money To be horrible to those with none! Be horrible to those with none!"
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"You don't like dealing with somebody who denies horrible things happening to your people or threatens future horrible things to your people."
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"I think characters are most terrifying when they're relatable. It's best when your most horrible characters make sense, and are believable. That's when a movie is most terrifying."
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"It would be horrible to live with someone who didn't like the same things you like."
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"Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything."
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