Amy Sedaris Quotes
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For 120 minutes, 'Birdman' floats from comedy to surrealism to high drama to quiet brilliance. I felt so inspired by watching this movie. It reaches for the sky and never comes back down to earth.
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Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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There are things I take sides about, like capital punishment, which it seems to me there is only one side about: it is evil. But there are two or three sides to sexual harassment, and the moment you get into particular cases, there is injustice in every conceivable direction. It's a mess.
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Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.
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I find short, fast romances romantic. There's a beauty to dark imagery.
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The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.
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As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.
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Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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The fans treated me royally.
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I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?
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Questions and answers is a big space, and there are lots of possible systems that you can create for different goals.
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Originals are nonconformists, people who not only have new ideas but take action to champion them. They are people who stand out and speak up. Originals drive creativity and change in the world. They're the people you want to bet on.
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Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.
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I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.
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Humans are very good at dreaming, although you’d never know it from your television.
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Growing up as a high jumper, I said if I could ever jump 2.40, I'd be pretty satisfied with my career. It's definitely a barrier for high jumpers.
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I've been a good player my whole life and expect to continue to work hard and continue to do everything that I have done and try not to take any steps back. Try to stay the course and be the best player and the best teammate and hopefully the best leader I can be, and play as well as I can.
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I know I wouldn't be here, and all of us wouldn't be here, without certain sacrifices and certain stands that people have made -- not just women, but men stepping up and supporting what we do and how we do it.
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Learning proceeds until death and only then does it stop. ... Its purpose cannot be given up for even a moment. To pursue it is to be human, to give it up to be a beast.
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I think there has to be a trust. There actually has to be a trust. If you don’t trust, you’re not going to do very well.
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I'm not a first-place person.
