Sarah Vowell Quotes
We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.
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Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop any discipline.
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No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
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The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.
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At a young age I always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So I'm trying to develop things on my own, too, and there are a couple things that have absolutely nothing to do with the entertainment business that I'm trying to tackle. We'll just sort of see.
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It's really important to teach people how to get food, how to grow it, how to pick it, how to prepare it and what's safe to eat.
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The establishment is a dirty, dangerous beast, and the BBC is a mouthpiece for that.
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When I was a kid, my parents were always like, 'Money doesn't buy happiness.' I thought, 'You just didn't make enough money.' I had to go find it out for myself.
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I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.
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I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special.
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I love the luxury of the camera. The camera does so much for you. I like the secrets a camera can tell.
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I love to sweat.
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In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.
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There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well.
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I had breast cancer. I caught it early.
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My wife says I have a frontal lobe issue. Your frontal lobe controls your danger response, like, 'Whoa, I shouldn't be doing this.'
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One can begin so many things with a new person! - even begin to be a better man.
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I liked being on stage; I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.
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I want to do the impossible.
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I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once you relieve yourself of the very arbitrary and always punishing pressure of what an audience is expecting you to do, acting becomes a lot more fun and pure.
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We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.
