Amy Sedaris Quotes
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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I love books.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
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I'm not super into sports.
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I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.
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I always did plays. When I was in kindergarten, I got chosen to be Alvin in 'The Chipmunks.' We did a Chipmunks song. I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt like I'd be something in the arts, but it vacillated between being a dancer and a singer, or whatever.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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Companies often visit my office, or invite me to theirs, to brief me on new products, Web sites, or software before they are released - usually a few weeks or days ahead of time. I don't review most of these products.
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Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.
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No fixed capital can yield any revenue but by means of a circulating capital.
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My mother tries to explain that I need support and that I'm just going through a period of adjustment. "Like puberty," she says.
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When you're doing that you lose your focus on the discipline of the business, and how you train people at Hamburger University, and everybody gets on a bigger, different vision, and they're not on the same page.
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The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse.
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I think I feel a little differently than other people do. For some reason I've never felt grown up.
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But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty.
