Amy Sedaris Quotes
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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
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If you want to do interesting software, you have to have a bunch of people do it, because the amount of software that one person can do isn't that interesting.
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Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!
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I doubt anyone else would have travelled as extensively as I have to meet the citizens of the country.
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But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.
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In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager.
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There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I feel like, growing up, I watched football, obviously, and you see great players, and as a fan, you want to watch the best you can possibly watch, and you want to see what's capable of being made.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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It's my dream, my goal to be good at Olympics, anywhere they are in the world.
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The good thing about 'Have I Got News For You' is it's a compact show but it still gives everyone space to breathe, and everyone always gets a chance to say something if they want to. It's a very difficult show to dominate, and guests who come on and dominate always fall foul.
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There's a finite amount of time on this planet for each of us. Sometimes, the only way we figure out how to deal with that reality - knowing that there will be an end to every story, and you don't know how many chapters are left in your book - is by living in denial.
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Man knows so much and does so little.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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For me, getting off the sidelines means women making a difference by letting their voices be heard on the issues they care about.
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There's always someone who's going to interpret my material as racist, but it's not. Racism comes from intent and power. A racist will tell a joke about a group of people only when they're not in the room. I'll talk about a group of people only when they're in the room.
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I really just want to do the best at everything I do. I just want to have all the great people around me that I feel is family, as well as my friends, and I have an amazing girlfriend. I think having love in your life is most important.
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My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.
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I like people who would rather something be discovered than shoved in your face.
