Sarah Vowell Quotes
History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting.
Quotes to Explore
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There will always be spies. We have to have them. Without them we wouldn't have got Osama bin Laden - it took us years, but it happened.
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My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they've supported me since day one.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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I usually try to eat in my restaurants before I fly, as I'd rather sleep on the plane and just order a salad with cheese, maybe some ice cream.
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If I had my druthers, I would be a brain in a jar, with a burlap skirt around the cart I'm on - I don't attend to my physical being much.
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We write the song, then it gets played for the artist, and they somehow fall in love with it and go back in and make it their own.
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Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
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Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly runs for the president, and then becomes the president.
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Coach Morris wasn't too hard on me, not at all. Being drafted where I was at, there were high expectations for me. I still have high expectations for myself.
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If Russia did interfere in our election - and, by most accounts, they did - then it is imperative for the health of our democracy to have a thorough and unbiased investigation into the matter.
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'Egalitarians' who complain about inequality view the wealth of the wealthiest as bad in itself: it disfigures society. They would enact a wealth tax to extirpate the offending wealth.
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It's just my goal to deliver the best story I can, and I want to make sure each book is better than the last, and in order to do that, I have to take chances.
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Dennis Martinez's perfect game at Dodger Stadium, July 28, 1991, based off of video on mlb.com
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I can't shoot myself in the foot before I get in the chorus line.
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I read Christopher McDougall's book 'Born to Run.' If running were a religion, this would be its bible. I actually scribbled my favorite passages on my arm to read during the race.
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The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.
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If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.
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I thought I was in a better position to get a team than anyone else in Houston.
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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
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A lot of people use social media to share mundane things or for self-glorification. I try to use it to share interesting things with people.
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When I dropped out of high school at age 16, I didn't know I was going to become a writer - I just knew I'd never been happy in school, and I had this strong suspicion I'd be happy doing other things.
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History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting.
