David Sedaris Quotes

After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.

David Sedaris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 26, 1956

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'Mad Men' is celebrating a time that no longer exists.

Jerry Della Femina

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L.A.'s pretty great, man. But I'll be very honest - I prefer New York. It's more my speed.

Jerrod Carmichael

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I think that one of the motivating factors was in my last year of law school: we had a competition, and I won the competition; it was judged by several of the federal judges at the time. I got a tremendous amount of encouragement to pursue litigation from them at the time.

Robert Shapiro

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You have to do stuff that you're actually incredibly passionate and excited about and you know something about. The 'oppor-tuneurs' don't do as well as the entrepreneurs.

Michael Dell

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I would not want to leave the impression that I would give some precedents more weight than others because of some sort of academic disagreement.

Amy Coney Barrett

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Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle - even though it cannot be solved - is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine.

Tom Robbins

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On the House side, typically the party that has the White House loses the majority in the midterms - that's been the historic trend. We want to buck that trend. We want to deliver for President Trump majorities in the House and the Senate so that he can govern.

Ronna McDaniel

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Blackness, any sort of difference, is not a burden. Relegating blackness or other sorts of difference to serious books that explicitly engage with issues creates a context in which it can seem like one.

Rumaan Alam

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I really do not like more than a week or two of down time.

Jason London

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I think people should be able to have at their behest, like, four hours of music, entertainment, visual knowledge, different pathways. That's what I'm trying to do with modern technology, not just another song and another song.

Jon Anderson

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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.

Jonathan Edwards

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Children are perfectly happy to sit next to spiders; it is only grown-ups who are frightened away.

Craig Brown

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