David Sedaris Quotes
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Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished.
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I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.
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For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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I don't think I always look in people's faces, like, as - I think especially when I'm doing my more intimate songs that are quite personal, I always feel it's a bit accusing if I stare in someone's face when I singing quite a personal lyric.
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I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
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The thing about Iceland is that we are trapped there anyway, all of us. We have been trapped there for thousands of years.
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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
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Women who are stronger than the society allows them to be often feel a need for something stronger than themselves, and to dissolve into it.
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A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.
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The marketplace tells us that good, visceral storytelling has a place. But there are lots of questions about the format that stories take.
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I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.
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With 'Aja,' there was a sort of happy conjunction between our tastes and the backgrounds and styles of studio musicians at the time.
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We're approaching things quite differently this time, but it will still sound like Marilyn Manson.
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I tolerate my faults but not at all other people's.
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The happiness I feel in having a family has brought me a real beauty.
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That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50.
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The U.S. cannot survive another four years of the Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton regime.
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The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored.
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'La Marseillaise' sounds best ringing around a packed sports stadium. Its lyrics evoke revolution, conflict, taking up arms, preparing for the fight - everything my music does not! Even in our largely peaceful times, it retains its rousing, martial air that gives it a power that hasn't diminished.
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I have two dogs and a parrot, so they require a lot of attention. They deserve it.
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Be carefree yet careful: While you should work on overcoming unnecessary worrying, have a healthy fear of danger and sensibly guard yourself from harm. Overcoming worry does not mean putting yourself in danger, but in having a calm attitude in dealing with difficulties and accepting what cannot be changed.
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Because I've always been a fairly nervous person.
