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Sarah Vowell quotes: The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try. The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death. Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.
Sarah Vowell quotes: My lips are chapped from the winds of change. My lips are chapped from the winds of change.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I resist the urge to raise my hand and utter the four most reassuring words in the English language: I know a guy. I resist the urge to raise my hand and utter the four most reassuring words in the English language: I know a guy.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Technically, it's a family restaurant, but it will only remind you of your family if your mom chain-smoked menthols. Technically, it's a family restaurant, but it will only remind you of your family if your mom chain-smoked menthols.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Don't bring up McKinley. Don't bring up McKinley. Don't bring up McKinley. Don't bring up McKinley.
Sarah Vowell quotes: As if I was never nicknamed 'Wednesday' as in 'Adams'. As if I was never nicknamed 'Wednesday' as in 'Adams'.
Sarah Vowell quotes: It requires all my philosophy, and all my piety' to make peace ... It requires all my philosophy, and all my piety' to make peace ...
Sarah Vowell quotes: Radio is the playground of coincidence. Radio is the playground of coincidence.
Sarah Vowell quotes: When I think about my relationship with America, I feel like a battered wife: Yeah, he knocks me around a lot, but boy, he sure can dance. When I think about my relationship with America, I feel like a battered wife: Yeah, he knocks me around a lot, but boy, he sure can dance.
Sarah Vowell quotes: History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting. History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Along with voting, jury duty, and paying taxes, goofing off is one of the central obligations of American citizenship. Along with voting, jury duty, and paying taxes, goofing off is one of the central obligations of American citizenship.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed. I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed.
Sarah Vowell quotes: In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life. In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead. Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead.
Sarah Vowell quotes: The air has that bracing autumnal bite so that all you want to do is bob for apples or hang a witch or something. The air has that bracing autumnal bite so that all you want to do is bob for apples or hang a witch or something.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I revere the Bill of Rights, but at the same time I believe that anyone who's using three or more of them at a time is hogging them too much. I revere the Bill of Rights, but at the same time I believe that anyone who's using three or more of them at a time is hogging them too much. (152)
Sarah Vowell quotes: Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.
Sarah Vowell quotes: The only people who know about me are people who would know about me. The only people who know about me are people who would know about me.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Lafayette took umbrage - just gobs and gobs of umbrage - at the patriots' vilification of his countrymen for leaving Newport. Lafayette took umbrage - just gobs and gobs of umbrage - at the patriots' vilification of his countrymen for leaving Newport.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Freedom of the press, the surest guaranty of the rights of man. Freedom of the press, the surest guaranty of the rights of man.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I'm not really the scented envelope kid of girl, preferring instead to send yellow Jiffy-lite mailers packed with whatever song is on my mind. I'm not really the scented envelope kid of girl, preferring instead to send yellow Jiffy-lite mailers packed with whatever song is on my mind.
Sarah Vowell quotes: The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government. The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Robert Todd Lincoln, a.k.a. Jinxy McDeath. Robert Todd Lincoln, a.k.a. Jinxy McDeath.
Sarah Vowell quotes: So I say to you read! Read! Something will stick in the mind, be diligent and good will come of it. So I say to you read! Read! Something will stick in the mind, be diligent and good will come of it.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I have watched enough science fiction films to accept that humanity's unchecked pursuit of learning will end with robots taking over the world. I have watched enough science fiction films to accept that humanity's unchecked pursuit of learning will end with robots taking over the world.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln. I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Why is America the last best hope of Earth? What if it's Liechtenstein? Or, worse, Canada? Why is America the last best hope of Earth? What if it's Liechtenstein? Or, worse, Canada?
Sarah Vowell quotes: There is something aesthetically pleasing about trading one engraving - and old map - for another - American money. There is something aesthetically pleasing about trading one engraving - and old map - for another - American money.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything; and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates. I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything; and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates.
Sarah Vowell quotes: What are you hiding? No one ever asks that. What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.
Sarah Vowell quotes: American history is a quagmire, and the more one knows, the quaggier the mire gets. American history is a quagmire, and the more one knows, the quaggier the mire gets.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing. I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot. Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.
Sarah Vowell quotes: There seems to be no end to the satisfaction one gets in having one's opinions confirmed. There seems to be no end to the satisfaction one gets in having one's opinions confirmed.
Sarah Vowell quotes: The more history I learn, the more the world fills up with stories. The more history I learn, the more the world fills up with stories.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Relics are treasured as something close to the divine. Relics are treasured as something close to the divine.
Sarah Vowell quotes: While history might be full of exemplary fathers, recorded history is not where to find them. While history might be full of exemplary fathers, recorded history is not where to find them.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I suspect that the day a person gives up on the Geneva Convention is the day a person gives up on the human race. I suspect that the day a person gives up on the Geneva Convention is the day a person gives up on the human race.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Americans' fatal tendency of disunion. Americans' fatal tendency of disunion.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I like that the Mall serves as our national Tuppaware, reliable and empty, waiting to be filled with potluck whatever. I like that the Mall serves as our national Tuppaware, reliable and empty, waiting to be filled with potluck whatever.
Sarah Vowell quotes: If there is a recurring theme in Garfield's diaries it's this: I'd rather be reading. If there is a recurring theme in Garfield's diaries it's this: I'd rather be reading.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Oh my dear, idealists are the cruelest monsters of them all. Oh my dear, idealists are the cruelest monsters of them all.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Behind every bad law, a deep fear. Behind every bad law, a deep fear.
Sarah Vowell quotes: After Hymns and tears, they boarded the brig Thaddeus, a vessel so crappy, it made the Mayflower look like the QE2. After Hymns and tears, they boarded the brig Thaddeus, a vessel so crappy, it made the Mayflower look like the QE2.
Sarah Vowell quotes: There's nothing more depressing than bad capitalism. There's nothing more depressing than bad capitalism.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Even writers need relief from words. Even writers need relief from words.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Owen is the most Hitchcockian preschooler I ever met. He's three. He knows maybe ninety word and one of them is 'crypt'? Owen is the most Hitchcockian preschooler I ever met. He's three. He knows maybe ninety word and one of them is 'crypt'?
Sarah Vowell quotes: I am pro-plaque. I am pro-plaque.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know. Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.
Sarah Vowell quotes: You know, it's always good to have a synonym just for variety. You know, it's always good to have a synonym just for variety.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Like a lot of once devout people who have lost their faith, I had holes the size of heaven and hell in my head and in my heart. Like a lot of once devout people who have lost their faith, I had holes the size of heaven and hell in my head and in my heart.
Sarah Vowell quotes: My ideal picture of citizenship will always be an argument, not a sing-along. My ideal picture of citizenship will always be an argument, not a sing-along.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Never have I enjoyed such swearing, before or since. Sir, on that memorable day, he swore like an angel from Heaven. Never have I enjoyed such swearing, before or since. Sir, on that memorable day, he swore like an angel from Heaven.
Sarah Vowell quotes: No one I know actually reads what I write, so thank heavens for you strangers. No one I know actually reads what I write, so thank heavens for you strangers.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in. I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are? Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?
Sarah Vowell quotes: Did not hesitate to be disagreeable to preserve my independence - applied Did not hesitate to be disagreeable to preserve my independence - applied
Sarah Vowell quotes: I did not hesitate to be disagreeable to preserve my independence. I did not hesitate to be disagreeable to preserve my independence.
Sarah Vowell quotes: [I]deas, when implemented, turn into precedents with unpredictable and potentially disturbing consequences. [I]deas, when implemented, turn into precedents with unpredictable and potentially disturbing consequences.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Luther's point was that, according to Scripture, salvation is not a bake sale: Luther's point was that, according to Scripture, salvation is not a bake sale:
Sarah Vowell quotes: My audience is going to die before I do. My audience is going to die before I do.
Sarah Vowell quotes: One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in Massachusetts to sing show tunes. One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in Massachusetts to sing show tunes.
Sarah Vowell quotes: We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.
Sarah Vowell quotes: You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality. You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality.
Sarah Vowell quotes: She is either male property (Mrs.), wannabe male property (Miss), or man-hating harpy (Ms.). She is either male property (Mrs.), wannabe male property (Miss), or man-hating harpy (Ms.).
Sarah Vowell quotes: Freedom of expression truly exists only when a society's most repugnant nitwits are allowed to spew their nonsense in public. Freedom of expression truly exists only when a society's most repugnant nitwits are allowed to spew their nonsense in public.
Sarah Vowell quotes: I have a policy about that word "soul." It is strictly prohibited except in cases of converstations having to do with okra recipes or Marvin Gaye. I have a policy about that word "soul." It is strictly prohibited except in cases of converstations having to do with okra recipes or Marvin Gaye.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Buffy's high school was built on top of a vortex of evil, the Hellmouth. And whose wasn't? Buffy's high school was built on top of a vortex of evil, the Hellmouth. And whose wasn't?
Sarah Vowell quotes: The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky. The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky.
Sarah Vowell quotes: The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief.
Sarah Vowell quotes: If I looked in the mirror someday and saw no dark circles under my eyes, I would probably look better. I just wouldn't look like me. If I looked in the mirror someday and saw no dark circles under my eyes, I would probably look better. I just wouldn't look like me.
Sarah Vowell quotes: In the United States, there was no simpler, more agreeable time. In the United States, there was no simpler, more agreeable time.
Sarah Vowell quotes: This is the derivation of that old Yankee proverb that if you can sell a book, you can move sixty tons of weaponry three hundred miles in winter This is the derivation of that old Yankee proverb that if you can sell a book, you can move sixty tons of weaponry three hundred miles in winter
Sarah Vowell quotes: I love reading and am always stuck in one labrinth of letters or other I love reading and am always stuck in one labrinth of letters or other
Sarah Vowell quotes: I still believe in public radio's potential. Because it's the one mass medium that's still crafted almost entirely by true believers. I still believe in public radio's potential. Because it's the one mass medium that's still crafted almost entirely by true believers.
Sarah Vowell quotes: there is anything to be learned from the conspiracy - other than when in doubt, bet on George Washington - it is to beware the pitfalls of certainty. there is anything to be learned from the conspiracy - other than when in doubt, bet on George Washington - it is to beware the pitfalls of certainty.
Sarah Vowell quotes: Picpus Cemetery, where Lafayette is buried under dirt from Bunker Hill. Picpus Cemetery, where Lafayette is buried under dirt from Bunker Hill.
Sarah Vowell quotes: The whole thing reminds me of graduate school seminars, except these people are smart and funny and have something interesting to say. The whole thing reminds me of graduate school seminars, except these people are smart and funny and have something interesting to say.
Sarah Vowell quotes: A humble, bootstrappy patriot, Knox wooed, then married Lucy Flucker, the highbrow daughter of the Loyalist governor of the province of Massachusetts. A humble, bootstrappy patriot, Knox wooed, then married Lucy Flucker, the highbrow daughter of the Loyalist governor of the province of Massachusetts.
Sarah Vowell quotes: it may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces. it may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces.
Sarah Vowell quotes: a man without birth, without courage, without conduct. For my part, I declare, sir, it shall never be said that I made such a man my master.
a man without birth, without courage, without conduct. For my part, I declare, sir, it shall never be said that I made such a man my master.
Sarah Vowell quotes: That, to me, is the quintessential experience of living in the United States: constantly worrying whether or not the country is about to fall apart. That, to me, is the quintessential experience of living in the United States: constantly worrying whether or not the country is about to fall apart.

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