David Sedaris Quotes
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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Abuse is the means in which violence retards love.
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I've always followed this page on Instagram called the Sausage Dog Hotel.
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People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things.
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What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
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Well, you know, in any novel you would hope that the hero has someone to push back against, and villains - I find the most interesting villains those who do the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons. Either one is interesting. I love the gray area between right and wrong.
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Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats.
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In brief, when women batter, men’s first priority is to support the women and help them change; when men batter, women’s first priority is to escape the men and put them in prison.
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How could this great land of plenty produce too few people in the last 30 years?
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1: One man's constant is another man's variable.
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I write. This is what I do. My job is to sit down with my vocabulary, select words, and decide what order they should be placed in an attempt to keep someone's attention and perhaps provide them with a laugh or two along the way.
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We're going to be very strong with employers in all of our aspects, because I think there's been too much of this idea let's try and get along here, and we've eroded some of our standards.
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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Some of the projects we've proposed over the years have been refused. But we never do other people's ideas; our ideas come out of our two hearts and our two heads.
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I once had a large gay following, but I ducked into an alleyway and lost him.
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People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.
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I'm not interested myself in personality news.
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The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.
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I do feel a responsibility. It's a privilege to be able to speak about it, but I don't speak for all gay people.
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I despise those prick actors who say, 'I was in character,' and 'I became the character,' and all that stuff. It's hideous. It's just masturbation at the highest level.
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The art world is a jungle echoing to the calls of vicious jealousies and ruthless combat between dealers and collectors; but I have been walking in the jungles of business all my life, and fighting tooth and nail for pictures comes as a form of relaxation to me.
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My mother taught us all to bake. It literally calmed us down, and she was able to get rid of all her frustrations.
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There are lots of things that happen to me that I don't write about.
