"I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out."

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Source : David Sedaris (2010). “Naked”, p.156, Hachette UK

David Sedaris

#Life Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Long Quotes

“What about him?" "What's going on with you two?" "Nothing," Kat said, a little too quickly. "Yeah, and why is that exactly? I thought you two were getting all relationshipy. But now you're gone half of the time and he's ...angry." "No, he's not." "Yes, he is." Gabrielle gave a short laugh. "He doesn't like you going off, doing these jobs on your own.”
“Saying yes, opening up, and loving: these are the keys that will unlock the prison door.”
“Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.”
“Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe ... that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens.”
“I loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time.”
“L.A. can be intense but the second you get over the hill into Calabasas, your stress level immediately drops because it's so peaceful and safe. Sometimes I really miss it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have no particular love for my species, but own to an exhaustless fund of compassion”
“We'll look for almost any reason not to change our attitudes; the inertia of the established order is powerful. If we can think of a plausible, or even implausible, reason to discount environmental warnings, we will.”

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