David Sedaris Quotes
I just think that the people who say: 'That's not true' when someone tells a story at dinner are the people who didn't get any laughs when they told their story.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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The mutated Marfan gene creates a defective version of fibrillin, a protein that provides structural support for soft tissues like blood vessels. Marfan victims often die young, in fact, after their aortas grow threadbare and rupture.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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I won't join another band again.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
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I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.
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When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I'm unemployable in any other capacity.
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A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.
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I can't take days off and play like I did last night. Maybe some people can, but I can't.
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I am not a glutton - I am an explorer of food
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Where my comedy really solidified was when Bush was elected. I couldn't understand how craven and crass he was, and how dumb other people were for electing him.
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I just think that the people who say: 'That's not true' when someone tells a story at dinner are the people who didn't get any laughs when they told their story.
