Sarah Vowell Quotes
In these fast and fickle times, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring brilliance of the last page of The Great Gatsby; the near-religious harmonies of the Beach Boys’ “California Girls”; and the lifelong friendship of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
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I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'
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Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.
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I've spent a lot of time being bohemian and sleeping on floors, but eventually I want to have kids and I want to bring them up in a secure environment.
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My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter.
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A lot of people tend to go into the music industry and be really - what do you call it? - oblivious to everything that comes with it.
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Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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Randy said I could call him for anything, Paula said that she loved me and said how much of a star I was. Simon was like, keep up the good work and I'll have nothing to worry about.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.
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People now tell me it's a good thing I stayed away from teen films. Well, it wasn't my choice. I wasn't hired.
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Through the years, I found we had Native American blood in us. My great-grandmother came from the island of Martinique, and they hooked up with the Native Americans of Louisiana.
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Privacy is important to me. But it's not just about sticking two fingers up and saying I don't want anyone to know my business. It's an artistic choice. I think that for any actor to convince their audience that they have completely inhabited a character requires a certain level of anonymity.
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It is a very positive event, being nervous. It allows you to do great things.
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Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning.
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I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.
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My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage.
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Our God is an awesome God, he reigns from Heaven above, the most high God of all time.
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In these fast and fickle times, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring brilliance of the last page of The Great Gatsby; the near-religious harmonies of the Beach Boys’ “California Girls”; and the lifelong friendship of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
