Sarah Vowell Quotes
Buffy's high school was built on top of a vortex of evil, the Hellmouth. And whose wasn't?
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I am a little obsessed with surprise kitty.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.
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It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.
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I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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I've lived in Kansas for more than thirty years, and for half of those, I was part of a ranching family, so I'm writing about things I know and love.
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Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
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I don't have goals in life.
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It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.
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I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.
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I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that.
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The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind,And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
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It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.
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Enacted under President George W. Bush's administration with the promise to focus on individual student achievement and overall school performance, No Child Left Behind was heralded as groundbreaking. And in some ways, it was.
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Currently, we are working to deliver our anti-aging gene therapies to terminally ill people for compassionate care. Although, in the future we think that preventative medicine against aging would begin at a much younger age.
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Buffy's high school was built on top of a vortex of evil, the Hellmouth. And whose wasn't?
