Sarah Vowell quotes - page 3

Robert Todd Lincoln, a. k. a. Jinxy McDeath. (Sarah Vowell)
We go in to liberate Cuba, but Cuba still isn't free; we don't really think through what we'll do after the initial treaty is signed, but we're still occupying. There's chaos and torture and finally an outcry. View quote
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I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln. View quote
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I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed. View quote
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The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky. View quote
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Frank Sinatra is the first punk... punk comes out of nowhere... punk is... a rumor that spreads... that guts and perseverence mean more than anything else... View quote
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Going to Ford's Theatre to watch the play is like going to Hooters for the food. View quote
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Dig deep into its communitarian ethos and it reads more like an America that might have been, an America fervently devoted to the quaint goals of working together and getting along. Of course, this America does exist. It's called Canada. View quote
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A couple of times he called the second he'd finished reading a novel and just had to tell me about it, and I know it sounds hokey and librarianish to say so, but I just swooned when he did that. View quote
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I guess if I had to pick a spiritual figurehead to possess the deed to the entirety of Earth, I'd go with Buddha, but only because he wouldn't want it. View quote
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I probably am a cranky writer, but I am actually a fairly nice, normal person. Since I'm a grouchy writer, of course I have friends whose books are doing way better than mine. (Sarah Vowell)