"That's what I like to call him, "the……" — Sarah Vowell
"That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I like to call him "the current president" because it's a hopeful phrase, implying that his administration is only temporary."
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81 Quotes by Sarah Vowell
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Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound…
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Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best…
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I'm always disappointed when I see the word 'Puritan' tossed around as shorthand for a bunch of generic, boring, stupid,…
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There are two kinds of people in the world: the kind who alphabetize their record collections, and the kind who…
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There are people who look forward to spending their sunset years in the sunshine; it is my own retirement dream…
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Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you.
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I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew…
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The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where…
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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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Presidents and presidential assassins are like Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Even though one city is all about sin…
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Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?
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After Hiram Bingham built the first church on Oahu the student recalls, "When it was completed some of the natives…
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear…
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I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.
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The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat.…
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The examples of the Obama Administration 'stimulating' jobs everywhere on the planet except here in America are endless.
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After several trillion dollars of stimulation by the Obama Administration and the Fed, one might think the economy would be…
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The most used phrase in my administration if I were to be President would be 'What the hell you mean…
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A people can prosper under a very bad government and suffer under a very good one, if in the first…
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Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one…
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However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition…
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Well, as a former small businessperson - I understand what's going on, I think in the business community. And businesspeople…
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