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.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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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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I am happy in Paris.
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It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
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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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I am probably the oldest new artist Sony has ever signed.
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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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In Boston, I developed my eye from the drawing. In Paris, I was fascinated by what my eye saw in the way that Paris is built, its 'measure.'
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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 knew there was an old axe down cellar; that is all I knew.
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Life is going to be a constant peeling back of layers, a constant unlearning of what we've been taught or believe to be true. I think that I've come to terms with the fact that that's just going to happen for the whole duration of my life. I feel really good about being able to look myself in the face and say, "Oh, who are you now?" And that might change.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can't we learn from all we've been through after two thousand years?
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Don't aim at any impossible heroisms. Strive rather to be quiet in your own sphere. Don't live in the cloudland of some transcendental heaven; do your best to bring the glory of a real heaven down, and ray it out upon your fellows in this work-day world.
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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.
