"The modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of……" — Sarah Vowell
"The modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top"
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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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More Bittersweet Quotes
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Memories, even bittersweet ones, are better than nothing.
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I'm profoundly changed. There's a bittersweet emotion that I feel from playing this role. . . . I want the…
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I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the…
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At my age, you not only have bittersweet memories, you make bittersweet plans.
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We thought humble and proud at the same time, all at once in love again with this painful bittersweet lovely…
— Richard Bach
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Mab Jones' poetry is suffused with a cool wit and a wisdom beyond her years. She is a superb performance…
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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
— Sappho
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As time passes, the day will come when everything will fade to memories. But those miraculous days, when you and…
— Chica Umino
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Life at best is bittersweet.
— Jack Kirby
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I was raped by a doctor. Which is, you know, so bittersweet for a Jewish girl.
— Sarah Silverman
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Love - bittersweet, irrepressible - loosens my limbs and I tremble.
— Sappho
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In [man's] mouth is ever the bittersweet taste of life and death, unknown to the trees. Without respite he is…
— Hope Mirrlees
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