David Sedaris Quotes
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No one should be left to suffer alone.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.
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I've experienced many hardships, but mentally, I've always been older, and that reflects in my actions, too.
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
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The hippocampus helps record both types of memories initially, and it helps retain them for the medium term. The hippocampus also helps us access old personal memories in long-term storage in other parts of the brain.
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I'm terribly, horribly shy.
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I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.
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I'm not familiar particularly with Hillary Clinton's neighborhood, but I wish people were a little bit more curious about what we call privilege and about why it's there. Black people in this country have no choice but to be curious. We have to know. I wish folks would do a little bit more investigation.
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If you believe in justice, if you believe in democracy, if you believe in people's rights, if you believe in the harmony of all humankind - then you have no choice but to back Fidel Castro as long as it takes!
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I would never have written 'Trainspotting' if it hadn't been for this album, 'Raw Power,' and 'Metallic K.O.'
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I think Robbie Lawler is a good name and a fight that interests me.
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It's a matter of invitations versus context. Twitter is really good at providing context, like, I'm having coffee at Third Rail Coffee.' Foursquare is about invitations to places. In this respect Foursquare has started to replace Yelp for me.
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I actually like pole dancing! It gives you so much confidence. I never thought I'd do it, but now I'm really into it.
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Somehow I am really relaxed within the chaos of having a baby - and anyone who's a mother knows it's very hard to relax, because there is so much to do and worry about!
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If my father had a heart attack, it would give me no solace at all to know his treatment was first tried on a dog.
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Only when a woman shares male risks can she really begin to understand men.
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Knowst thou the land where the lemon trees bloom,Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom,Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows,And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose?
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So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required.
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I like to fly under the radar. I don't like my name in everything.
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One person is as good as another in New England, and better, too.
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The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their bedtime stories read at a gentle, meandering pace. But I used to be too fast to slow down with the Brothers Grimm. I would zoom through the classic fairy tales, skipping lines, paragraphs, whole pages.
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Shit is the tofu of cursing.
