Sarah Vowell Quotes

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

Sarah Vowell

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• Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

  

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• I knew you'd come,Claire.I knew you would.Dear God,you took your time.

  

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• Photographers mistake the emotion they feel while taking the photo as a judgment that the photograph is good

  

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• We are in a double bind. We are expected to feel inferior not only as women, but because we are old.

  

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• The timing for directing is usually because it takes that long to develop a piece and then do pre-production and then post-production. It takes at least a couple of years. I prefer directing to doing other things. Directing and writing seem to be infinitely more creative

  

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• The stars crossed and The Boy wished he could have hung himself on them.

  

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• It just was a gradual development over the years. I mean last year was 'all you need is love.' This year, it's 'all you need is love and peace, baby.' Give peace a chance, and remember Love. The only hope for us is peace. Violence begets violence. You can have peace as soon as you like if we all pull together. You're all geniuses, and you're all beautiful. You don't need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
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• There is no greater fraud or bore than the writer who has acquired the art of saying nothing brilliantly.

  

  Gertrude Atherton
  • Art
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• Had pretended to be Abbadon of the Dark, when always he had been working for the Light.

  

  Melissa de la Cruz
  • Light
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• I think art is, unfortunately, sometimes our only shot at communicating our indignation safely and effectively.

  

  Andrea Suarez Paz
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• I was ill. I was told I was stressed, so I had to get everything checked out. I didn't think I was, but someone told me I was. As a result, I went to get a blood test. I'd never had one before, so I held my breath when I was getting it done. That caused me to go into a fit.

  

  Liam Payne One Direction
  • Done
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• I went to church and Jim and his wife, Liz, went to see the home.

  

  Dick Vitale
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• Recklessness is par for the course when you're 25.

  

  Susan Minot
  • Course
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• Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

  

  Sarah Vowell
  • Shot
  • Bullet
  • Ballot