Sarah Vowell Quotes
I still believe in public radio's potential. Because it's the one mass medium that's still crafted almost entirely by true believers.
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There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
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Life doesn't stop because something happens to you.
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Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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I always thought that one day I would be somebody. I would be successful in music, and I would have fans that cared about my music. At the same time, I really feel like an ordinary guy; I have been an ordinary guy forever.
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I am only about winning and getting better.
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We don't want to abandon any of the market we have now. We just want to gain new market.
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The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics.
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Marriage is such a mark of adulthood in my mind.
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I'm not in the leftist controlled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of my political views, primarily my lifelong militant support of the NRA, the Second Amendment, and my belief that the only good bad guy is a dead bad guy.
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Having my first number one single and being able to travel to places I've never been before has been amazing. The tour was also fantastic. There are so many things which I've experienced this year which I never even dreamed of.
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I must admit that I am not generous with weak people. It's not in my nature or in my personality. My parents were not generous with weak people, see?
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I, personally, am trying to get more and more involved with the gay and lesbian movement, very much so.
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I believe in the moment of things and fate and things happening for a reason, so I write things down and I trust it.
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That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.
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Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence [in 3D] is different than a flat image even though by itself it has depth, we create the illusion of depth. For example, some of the shots I have to stay closer to the actor because it's a young actor, I like it closer for some of the shots. I watch 2D scenes next to the camera, then when I go back to my station and watch it in 3D I have to go back and reduce his acting, he has to shrink a little bit because he peeks out more.
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I think that most people have deeply creative sensibilities.
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You don't know how to talk to people you don't like. Don't love, really. You can't live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
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Coffee makes me go crazy.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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I still believe in public radio's potential. Because it's the one mass medium that's still crafted almost entirely by true believers.
