Sarah Vowell Quotes
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Questions are like the knocks of beggarmen, and should not be minded.
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...you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.
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Never settle for second when first is available
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I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.
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Art is rarely intelligible to the criminal classes.
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Texas is reportedly going to give college students the right to carry guns on campus. So I guess that next semester, every college student in Texas is getting straight A's.
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It's impossible to always get across what I'm trying to say, but, if I just stay honest, then I'm not going to look back on any of these interviews and wonder what I was trying to do or be.
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She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns.
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My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development.
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Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I'll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know, I've written a whole song in an hour.
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Live with a man forty years. Share his house, his meals, speak on every subject. Then tie him up and hold him over the volcano's edge, and on that day, you will finally meet the man.
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If, two people have good minds and they're looking at problems, if they agree all the time it means one of them is not thinking. If they disagree all the time, it means one of them is not thinking. They're just allowing their political position to dictate their position on an issue. And I think that's unhealthy. And the public knows better.
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Studios and networks who ignore either shift - whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement - will be left behind.
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When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'
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I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.
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What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.
