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I find writing extraordinarily difficult and not very pleasurable, though I find having done it very pleasurable. I won't lie about that.

~David Rakoff

Topics: About Difficult Done Extraordinarily Find Having Lie Pleasurable Though Very Writing

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Everyone I vote for never wins. Welcome to America.

~David Rakoff

Topics: America Everyone Never Vote Welcome Wins

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Everybody's got something. In the end, what choice does one really have but to understand that truth, to really take it in, and then shop for groceries, get a haircut, do one's work; get on with the business of one's life. That's the hope, anyway.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Anyway Business Choice Does End Everybody Get Got Groceries Haircut Hope In The End Life Really Shop Something Take Then Truth Understand Work

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I cannot escape the feeling that I was, at best, a cancer tourist, that my survival means I dabbled.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Best Cancer Cannot Escape Feeling Means Survival Tourist

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I do not go outdoors... As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.

~David Rakoff

Topics: As Far As City Concerned Far Go Indoors Living New New York New York City Order Outdoors Point Spinach Want Whole York You

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Fantastic days are what you wish upon those who have so few sunrises left, those whose lungs are so lesion-spangled with new cancer that they should be embracing as much life as they can. Time's a-wasting, go out and have yourself a fantastic day! Fantastic days are for goners.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Cancer Day Days Embracing Fantastic Few Go Left Life Lungs Much New Out Should Those Time Who Whose Wish You Yourself

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A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn't make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your parents, or HIV. I hate to say it - none of these make one an artist. They can help, but just as being gay doesn't make one witty... the only thing that makes one an artist is making art.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Art Artist Being Clothes Gay Hand Hate Hating Help Hiv Just Make Makes Making Nature Neither None Only Parents Propensity Say Secondhand Tears Temper The Only Thing Thing Wardrobe Witty Your

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Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Well, of course not Adam and Steve. Never Adam and Steve. It's Adam and Steven.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Adam Adam And Eve Course Eve Never Steve Steven Well

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I value kindness in myself and others. I try to remain super-vigilant about my targets and make extra sure that my sometimes barbed comments are deserved and in response to genuine malefaction.

~David Rakoff

Topics: About Comments Deserved Extra Genuine Kindness Make Myself Others Remain Response Sometimes Sure Targets Try Value

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I aspire to write what are called 'familiar essays.' They begin in the personal and end in the universal. It's not for me to say if I have been successful at it. But that is the hope.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Aspire Been Begin End Essays Familiar Hope Me Personal Say Successful Universal Write

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Writer

Born: November 27th, 1964

Died: August 9th, 2012

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