Sarah Vowell - People Quotes

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There are people who look forward to spending their sunset years in the sunshine; it is my own retirement dream to await my death indoors, dragging strangers up dusty staircases while coughing up one of the most thrilling phrases in the English language: 'It was on this spot…' My fantasy is to one day become a docent.

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Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a good idea. History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.

Sarah Vowell
There are two kinds of people in the world: the kind who alphabetize their record collections, and the kind who don't.

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The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed.

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In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life.

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I understand why other people would want to stay in B&Bs. They're pretty. They're personal. They're quaint, a polite way of saying no TV. They are romantic, i. e., every object large enough for a flower to be printed on it is going to have a flower printed on it. They're cozy, meaning that a guest has to keep her belongings on the floor because every conceivable flat surface is covered in knickknacks, except for the one knickknack she longs for, a remote control.

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Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.

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