Sarah Vowell Quotes

I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good.

Sarah Vowell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 27, 1969

Topics

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The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

Joe Lhota

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America says we are a great democratic society and other people should follow our example. Well, I say we benefited from slavery, and as a nation, we never faced that because the people in power chose not to.

Jim Brown

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This Nation has realized significant environmental improvements over the last three decades.

Jerry Costello

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I love the Mexican chapulines. These little crickets are beautifully roasted with salt and lime.

Andrew Zimmern

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In most mills, only the best portions of the best trees are used, while the ruins are left on the ground to feed great fires which kill much of what is left of the less desirable timber, together with the seedlings on which the permanence of the forest depends.

John Muir

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Marvel is a very vast and diverse universe.

Maurissa Tancharoen

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I hate people thinking their city is unique, but there is a certain aura about Los Angeles; it's not necessarily a beautiful thing, but it's part of Harry Bosch.

Michael Connelly

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I didn't know if I was heterosexual or homosexual.

Michael Reagan

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I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.

William Westmoreland

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The kinetic quality of New York, the kids, dirt, madness - I tried to find a photographic style that would come close to it. So I cropped, blurred, played with the negatives.

William Klein

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I still get terrified if I have to talk in front of a group of people. By having a character to play, it makes it safer.

Sheryl Lee

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As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only rarely.

Leon Krier

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