“A real leader is somebody who can help us overcome the limitations of our own individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear and get us to do better things than we can get ourselves to do on our own.”

— David Foster Wallace

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About David Foster Wallace

Author • American

David Foster Wallace was an acclaimed American author of novels, short stories, and essays, as well as a university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace is widely known for his groundbreaking 1996 novel...

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