― Winston S. Churchill
“...logical validity is not a guarantee of truth.”
from his book; Infinite Jest
Belize meditation
I have just discovered David Foster Wallace because we are going to our next Books on Film movie Monday night at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Monday night and the film is End of the Tour and there to discuss it will be David Lipsky. The film is about David Foster Wallace and David Lipsky where DFW is on a book promoting tour for his novel "Infinite Jest" and DL is a writer for Rolling Stone magazine who has joined him for the last five days. This is the first time that DFW's writing has entered my conscious mind and, while i will probably never read his book (1000 plus pages) I am amazed and quickly becoming addicted to his quotes!
Like this one:
“Learning how to think" really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think.
It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.
Because if you cannot or will not exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.”
― David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.
Because if you cannot or will not exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.”
― David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
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