Sarah Vowell Quotes
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I was not so interested in night-after-night coverage of Michael Jackson's death or Britney Spears' latest breakdown - topics that were 'breaking news' at the time.
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Running for me is a sport. It's not a joke. It's serious.
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There used to be a time - it isn't so much the case now - that vegetarianism was some kind of religion, and either you belong or you don't belong.
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I feel like when the task is more difficult for me it's more exciting.
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The whole idea of death is something that we tend to kind of really not deal with at all.
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No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.
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I believe in that one-on-one sell. I don't really believe in flooding the market with loads of goods that don't mean much, and you lose your identity.
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I liked the ceremony, the ritual of preparing cocaine, as much as doing it. I did it for a year, loved it, then stopped. Now I feel the same way about cooking.
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Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.
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My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates.
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Tell me how you read and I'll tell you who you are.
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I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.
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You think about when you're kids and see these guys on TV, and now you're in the same clubhouse as Chipper Jones and Bobby Cox.
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The right tends to posit that the market fuels social good. The left tends to posit that the government fuels social good. At bottom, democracy claims that citizens drive social good, but there is currently no container for a political force-field that stakes claim to the unbelievable resources now virtually untapped in every man, woman, and child in our society.
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Without a shadow of doubt, Trafalgar Square has to be one of the most crap urban public spaces in the world.
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A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.
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When the bad stuff was really intense in my life, it was really what you would call writer's block. Your facility is just not as good because you feel so bad. I've heard of people right on the verge of suicide coming up with some of their best work. I wish I could think of an example, other than Van Gogh, perhaps!
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
