David Foster Wallace

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.

I just think that fiction that isn't exploring what it means to be human today isn't art.

It seems important to find ways of reminding ourselves that most 'familiarity' is meditated and delusive.

So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get.

We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.

In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them.