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Amy Sedaris Quotes

I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, including a rubber turkey, which, during the holidays, I wrap in tinfoil so it appears to have just come out of the oven.

Amy Sedaris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: March 29, 1961

Topics

Love Food Tea Fake Holidays Say

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

John Locke

Passion Men Temptation Error Most

Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start.

Robert Morgan

Family Start Find Place Young Take

An idealist is ahead of his time only in the sense that he is articulate. The same is true of a nation. For even primitive people, even effete races have a message for those above or below them. The heritage of the Ideal, however small can not be exhausted.

Ameen Rihani

Time People Small Heritage True

My biggest thrill in life is to read in the afternoon until I fall asleep and take a nap.

Sissy Spacek

Life Fall Nap Take Afternoon Thrill

I'm not the most talkative guy in the world.

Skeet Ulrich

World Guy Talkative Most

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.

Simone Weil

Country More Suffer Her Than Those

It's an awesome responsibility, not only to maintain the level of success the NFL has, but to build on that.

Roger Goodell

Success Responsibility Build Awesome

Every crazy fad from the 1800s comes back or they never go away. It's like fashion, like everything's already been invented, and somebody stumbles onto it and people will always, always be looking for an answer for some vague illness they can't get a diagnosis for.

Mary Roach

People Crazy Fashion Looking Back

No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Miguel de Cervantes

Better Own Her Secure Than Reserve

My dream is for Malawi to be poverty-free, and I intend to eradicate poverty through economic growth and wealth creation.

Joyce Banda

Growth Poverty Wealth Dream Creation

I love getting to bounce around and explore so much. I love Scandinavia. I love Spain. It's so mystical and romantic, yet it's gritty.

Jason Mraz

Love Romantic Explore Bounce Spain

Humans are built for endurance, not speed. We're awful sprinters compared to every other animal. We try to run our races as if they were speed races, but they are not. They're endurance races. Even a marathon, the way it's run now, it's not an endurance contest.

Christopher McDougall

Animal Speed Endurance Run Way Try