David Sedaris Quotes

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration.

David Sedaris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I came to political consciousness with John F. Kennedy's magnificent 1961 Inaugural Address. It seemed the start of something fresh and exciting, and it was.

Joe Klein

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There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.

Joe Namath

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Comedians play off of social commentary.

Jermaine Fowler

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I don't operate on smokers. I tell cigarette smokers that I can operate on you, I get paid the same. And you might even do well. But it's the wrong thing to do. So I refuse to operate on you until you stop smoking.

Mehmet Oz

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Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand.

Steven Amsterdam

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I couldn't achieve the American dream in Japan.

Shuji Nakamura

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I've been watching what I eat. When I was putting on all the weight, I was drinking Guinness and not eating. I didn't have room to because I was drinking all the time.

Robbie Williams

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After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington to please stop spending money we don't have. But, instead of cutting, we saw an unprecedented explosion of government spending and debt, unlike anything we have seen in the history of our country.

Michele Bachmann

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We don't have a problem killing off characters on 'House of Cards.'

Michael Kelly

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They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.

Louis Farrakhan

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Integrity is something I strive for in every part of my life.

Lizzie Armitstead

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I speak Swedish, it's my first language. Of course, growing up with Latin American parents from Argentina, I also have some other influences from other cultures. But Sweden is where I feel the most at home.

Jose Gonzalez

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