Stay conscious and alive, day in and day out. ✨ David Foster Wallace&#…

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Stay conscious and alive, day in and day out. ✨ David Foster Wallace's Kenyon Commencement Speech by Carolyn Kellogg, latimesblogs.latimes.com. September 19, 2008.
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Stay conscious and alive, day in and day out. ✨ David Foster Wallace's Kenyon Commencement Speech by Carolyn Kellogg, latimesblogs.latimes.com. September 19, 2008.

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