David Sedaris Quotes
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I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.
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I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen.
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At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.
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Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.
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Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I'm less interested in how people are following each other and more interested in how they are following topics and tweets themselves. People are following more key words and concepts and more ideas and acting on those rather than individuals or organizations.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
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'Sleepless' was the first thing that came out and really gained a lot of traction online.
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Creating more and better jobs is how you build a strong economy.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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Women's tennis? I think it stinks. They hit the ball back and forth, have a lot of nice volleys, and you can see some pretty legs. But it's night and day compared to men's tennis.
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We must broaden the definition of who our neighbors are, and extend the boundaries of our interest and empathy.
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I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certain way, people have expectations.
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In 1957, with the arms race in full swing, the Department of Defense had decided it was just a matter of time before an airplane transporting an atomic bomb would crash on American soil, unleashing a radioactive disaster the likes of which the world had never seen.
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Creation is the production of order. What a simple, but, at the same time, comprehensive and pregnant principle is here! Plato could tell his disciples no ultimate truth of more pervading significance. Order is the law of all intelligible existence.
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I don't like being left to my own thoughts.
