Sarah Vowell Quotes
The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'
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He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's.
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I have a lot of fun writing for artists, but I'm learning to apply that fun to myself.
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Common sense to one person might be something different to another.
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The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and over again.
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Good style - regardless of fads - means the thing that suits your body.
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Responsibility educates.
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I'm a point of conversation for my friends.
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I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer's block is having too much time on your hands.
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Even now; with a thousand little voyages notched in my belt. I still feel a memorial chill on casting off.
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I was with the CIA for only three years. I worked in the Directorate of Operations, which is now called the National Clandestine Service. It's the part of the organization where the spies live. I didn't have much experience beyond the training.
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On Putin's order, Russia intervenes in Syria not to fight terrorists but to abet the war crimes of the Assad regime. Russian bombers deliberately target aid workers and hospitals. They threaten Syrian freedom fighters trained by the U.S. They are allied with our enemies in the Middle East and trying to weaken our friendships there.
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While I don't know if I exist in the land of the elite, I'm definitely on the battlefield with restlessness.
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I was born in America, but I consider myself a Filipino.
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The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed.
