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What I wish for you

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Often mentioned in the days following Walter Cronkite’s death last month was the origin of his signature sign-off, “And that’s the way it is.”  As Cronkite himself once explained, he sought to emulate his mentor at CBS, Edward R. Murrow, who closed out broadcasts with a sobering “Good night and good luck.”  Both are fine tag lines.  Yet when it comes to American-style wishes, I don’t now how you can do better than David Foster Wallace’s words.  Here’s how he capped off a truth-telling commencement address delivered at Kenyon College in 2005:

“I wish you way more than luck.”

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