David Sedaris Quotes
I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, 'I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer.
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We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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We need to see a Palestinian state.
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I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma.
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
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I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
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One of my favorite things about doing movies is that you get to do different things you'd never do in real life.
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If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.
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From a social networking point of view, Pakistan is not very far away.
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Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one.
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'Are 'Friends' Electric?' was two songs: the verse part and the talking part. Two different songs I couldn't finish. One day I was playing the main verse part of 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and after a few minutes I got frustrated, as normal, then started to play the other song, and realized they went together.
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Language usage always has a political context.
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A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.
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The Pledge of Allegiance reflects the truth that faith in God has played a significant role in America since the days of the founding of our country.
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Relationships with the media are really important. The media has a more important voice today than it has ever had. We don't advertise. We only have one marketing vehicle, which is editorial, and our ability to get our message out and communicate it effectively.
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I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.
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When I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.
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I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.
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As a rule, I don't like to laugh at the misfortune of others. The exception to that rule is if it's really, really funny.
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I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, 'I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer.
