David Sedaris Quotes
In other parts of the country people tried to stay together for the sake of the children. In New York they tried to work things out for the sake of the apartment.
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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
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I really tend to write in retrospect.
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I think people are going to like my new shoes. I like them. I had a lot of success with the one last year, but this year's shoe is going to be a little different, but at the same time it's going to be a little spin-off on last year's shoe.
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I was in my mid 20s when email finally took off. Until then, the phone was my primary way of connecting with the people in my life.
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I tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people.
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I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.
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Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth.
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My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.
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For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.
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The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.
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I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
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When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from our community said, 'What? She's not a Democrat. She's a Republican.' I took that as a compliment, you know, that people didn't necessarily know what my ideology might be because I wasn't driven by that.
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America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.
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I am bullish on the global development. I am bullish on billions of people getting out of poverty.
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There is so much great talent in the underground, and electronic music is finally getting the props that it's deserved for so long. I feel like now that everyone is discovering it and it's so fresh sounding to so many people. It doesn't get any more rock n' roll than playing EDC or the Staples Center. It's really madness.
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You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.
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I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my ability to support myself together. I'd run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York.
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I want my children to know that we often become resilient for others.
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If one book's done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There's that horror of the second novel that doesn't match up.
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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
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I guess I've always been really strong minded about what I wear; I've never followed what other people consider fashionable or what styles are happening at the time.
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Failure is a necessary part of success.
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In other parts of the country people tried to stay together for the sake of the children. In New York they tried to work things out for the sake of the apartment.
