Sarah Vowell Quotes
Dig deep into its communitarian ethos and it reads more like an America that might have been, an America fervently devoted to the quaint goals of working together and getting along. Of course, this America does exist. It's called Canada.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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Badly constructed houses do for the healthy what badly constructed hospitals do for the sick. Once insure that the air in a house is stagnant, and sickness is certain to follow.
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When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe. And I think that's a really dangerous, limiting mindset.
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
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Sometimes you surf well and still don't win. It happens to everyone. You learn that one big score doesn't mean much if you don't have a backup. I guess every rookie learns that as time goes by. I took some big lessons from my losses.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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When I started 'Case Histories,' the characters were all going to Antarctica on a cruise. The first part was called 'Embarkation.' It was supposed to be about everyone preparing to embark on the cruise, but it mushroomed into an entire book.
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Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.
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Laurel Canyon is kind of grotesque. It's this nature-themed place, and everybody is kind of angry.
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We are very near the final climactic events that end with the Second Coming of Christ.
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I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.
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I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.
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The inability to trace DNA to actual diseases has serious consequences. As does the opposite problem - not being able to trace diseases back to DNA.
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My mom was very much the product of a very paternalistic, deep-southern culture, but also a repressed feminist. Her way of being defiant was to raise us to be rebellious ourselves - basically, the opposite of who she had to be in her own life.
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I am always drawn to men that are funny. I do not know why. But I am always drawn to people that are struggling with parts of themselves... But it's like in the end, there has to be confidence.
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Women are the real superheroes because they're not just working. They have a life and everything.
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Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
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The book that made a lasting impression was the one my mother gave each of us when she decided we were ready for our first 'adult novel,' Lucy Maud Montgomery's 'The Blue Castle.'
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Do not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.
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Remember, life is just a game and no one gets out alive...
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Jazz told people about the special music that came out of America and about America in general and this kind of liberty and freedom that we have.
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Fury made a name for himself in America, and as a fighter, you have to establish yourself there, first and foremost, to be known worldwide.
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Dig deep into its communitarian ethos and it reads more like an America that might have been, an America fervently devoted to the quaint goals of working together and getting along. Of course, this America does exist. It's called Canada.
