I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good.Sarah Vowell
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What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.
Sarah Vowell
Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know.
Sarah Vowell
I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.
Sarah Vowell
Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.
Sarah Vowell
While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Sarah Vowell
I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms.
Sarah Vowell
I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further.
Sarah Vowell
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Academic,
Any,
Background,
College,
Come,
European,
Good,
Idea,
Kind,
Knew,
Lived,
Pretense,
Something,
Town,
Without,
Would
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