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Time Quotes by David Sedaris

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David Sedaris muses on how memory and aging shape our everyday moments. He notes that we often waste time pretending to care about uninteresting people and later feel the past knock at our door. He also observes that as we grow older we can take small tasks slower and notice how simple gatherings leave lasting impressions.

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“I had no job at the time and was living off the cruel joke I referred to as my savings.”

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I've wasted a lot of time pretending to be interested in people who weren't terribly interesting.

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“I think we’ve both seen this coming for a long… time. The only question left is… what are we going to do…

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“Something has changed, and now, when I look at my students, I see only people who are going to eat up my…

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“Every gathering has its moment. As an adult, I distract myself by trying to identify it, dreading the inevitable downsing that is…

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“I wanted it, I wanted, I wanted, but the moment it was mine, it ceased to interest me.”

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Given enough time, I guess anything can look good. All it has to do is survive.

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I go to the movies at least five times a week, and after a while everything becomes a blur to me.

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My sister's the type who religiously watches the fear segments of her local Eyewitness News broadcasts, retaining nothing but the headline...Everything is…

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I cry all the time when I watch 'Glee' because I don't know if it's satire or melodrama and that makes me…

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“This was for me one of those adult moments involving a choice. Do you shrug your shoulders and say, “I couldn’t get…

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“Neither were we allowed to choose what we ate. I have a friend whose seven-year-old will only consider something if it's white.…

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“It’s astonishing the amount of time that certain straight people devote to gay sex—trying to determine what goes where and how often.…

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I spend so much time like living in the past or the future. I mean, I think most people do, really. And…

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“You have what we in France call ‘good time teeth,’” she said. “Why on earth would you want to change them?” “Um,…

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Like anyone nostalgic for a time he didn't live through, I chose to weed out the little inconveniences: polio, say, or the…

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I'm friends with a lot of writers and so many of them say how much they hate signings and how they leave…

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I tend to write things seven times before I show them to my editor. I write them seven times, then I take…

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I was the type of person who was the question-asker. And not just genuine questions, I would ask a question so the…

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I think it just has to do with getting older and getting better at what it was I was doing, and that…

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“It’s not lost on me that I’m so busy recording life, I don’t have time to really live it. I’ve become like…

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People discuss their relationships all the time, but you can't. I don't think people realize how harmful that is, how it twists…

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In New York I'd go to the movies three or four times a week. Here I've upped it to six or seven,…

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“What's wrong?" he said. "I'll tell you what's wrong: you're killing us." "But I thought that's what you wanted?" "We did," my…

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“You just take and take don´t you? Out there with your thumb in the air—not a care in the world, just grabbing…

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“It's astonishing the amount of time that certain straight people devote to gay sex - trying to determine what goes where and…

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“He has a point there, that’s harsh. Unfortunately, they never gave him a medal for it and as a result he brings…

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“He spends a lot of time telling you how smart he is, which is odd because, if you’re truly all that bright,…

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“She lit a cigarette and spent a moment identifying with the smoldering match.”

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“I wanted it, I wanted it, I wanted it, but the moment it was mine, it ceased to interest me.”

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You meet people who say, "Oh, I'd like to do such-and-such, but I don't have the time." But it always seemed to…

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I think it's good to have the alone time. Well, I kind of have to, because I have to be alone in…

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Oh, for Christ's sake,' I hear. 'Can we please just try to have a good time?' This is like ordering someone to…

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“On a recent flight from Tokyo to Beijing, at around the time that my lunch tray was taken away, I remembered that…

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“For the first time in memory, I was unable to sleep not because I was anxious but because I was excited. To…

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It's odd the things that people remember. Parents will arrange a birthday party, certain it will stick in your mind forever. You'll…

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I love 'Glee.' I cry all the time when I watch 'Glee' because I don't know if it's satire or melodrama and…

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I always used to reach for the cigarette when the phone rang, and I figured nobody would ever call me in Tokyo.…

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The difference between the first time I read something and the tenth time I read something is generally pretty profound. Even if…

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I hoped our lives would continue this way forever, but inevitably the past came knocking. Not the good kind that was collectible…

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“You just take and take don´t you? Out there with your thumb in the air—not a care in the world, just grabbing whatever you…

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Write relentlessly, until you find your voice. Then, use it.