David Sedaris Quotes
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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
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The British have always made terrible parents.
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I'm a competitive person by nature, and I have been in competitive companies, and I love to compete - joining a company where, certainly, there is a real fire in the belly to compete and bring that energy is something I look forward to.
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I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.
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I remember there being a period of time when I had a baby, and I was so sleep-deprived that I'd get into having no filter, and that was not good.
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Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
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And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you see.
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I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.
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I'm a weekday warrior who takes our Georgia values to Washington, and on the weekends, I'm back home.
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Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.
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I wanted to take nouvelle cuisine further, to the point where we were breaking down the essence of taste and sensation, reconfiguring food as a series of really intense hits on the tongue.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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Growing up as a kid, we moved all over the country on a fairly frequent basis, from New Jersey to Texas, California, Illinois... we moved 21 times in my first 17 years.
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People were stopping me on the street to say, 'Oh my God, it's Crazy Eyes!' Which is kind of a funny thing to have people shout at you on the street.
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In this job, you're constantly surrounded by people. There are a lot of demands on your time. And I guess those moments when you can switch off and get away from it are really important.
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As a dad, it's kind of exciting to see that your son follows what you believe in so strongly.
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It's funny being the big news every day - and the good news every day.
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I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.
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One of the realities for women writers is that sometimes you'll start strong, but as you see people go up the ladder, working in their literary lives, getting prizes and awards and the better teaching gigs, women tend to sort of drop away.
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I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.
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I went from having 50 listeners to 50 million listeners.
