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Take Quotes by David Sedaris
- Each one of us is left to choose our own quality of life and take pleasure where we find it with the understanding that, like…
- It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I realize…
- I tend to write things seven times before I show them to my editor. I write them seven times, then I take them on tour,…
- God was someone I wound up turning over and over in my mind each night... Was He punishing me with this meal or was He…
- I met a young woman the other day, and she said, what advice would you have for a writer, and I said it would be…
- But I don't distinguish between being laughed with, and laughed at. I'll take either.
- A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.
- All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I'm afraid that when all is said and done the…
- I had paid for my folly and, as a reward, was invited to take part in the nest builder’s performance piece. The script was great.…
- When forced to leave my house for an extended period of time, I take my typewriter with me, and together we endure the wretchedness of…
- Often I'd take out my magnifying glass and stare into the chaos that was her face.
- I hated leaving a hole in the smoking world, and so I recruited someone to take my place. People have given me a lot of…
- I hate you' she said to me one afternoon. 'I really, really hate you.' Call me sensitive, but I couldn't help but take it personally.
- Einstein wrote that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That said, is it crazier to repeatedly throw…
- Across town, over in the East Village, the graffiti was calling for the rich to be eaten, imprisoned, or taxed out of existence. Though it…
- The landscape is best described as 'pedestrian hostile.' It's pointless to try to take a walk, so I generally just stay in the room and…
- The message was that if something is free, you should only take the best. If, on the other hand, you're forced to pay, it's best…
- Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will be coming tonight…
- States vote to take away my marriage rights, and even though I don't want to get married, it tends to hurt my feelings. I guess…
- I don't distinguish between being laughed with, and laughed at. I'll take either.
- I think it's important to take chances.
More Take Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
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- It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a… — Julian Assange
- The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of. — J. J. Abrams
- Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong
- It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger. — Lance Armstrong
- Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying. — Neil Armstrong
- People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and sometimes I… — Tom Arnold
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash