A couple of times he called the second he'd finished reading a novel and just had to tell … - Sarah Vowell

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The single biggest misconception about games is that they're an escapist waste of time.

Sarah Vowell

A couple of times he called the second he'd finished reading a novel and just had to tell me about it, and I know it sounds hokey and librarianish to say so, but I just swooned when he did that.

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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.

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I talk about going to his [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was going to "wreck the economy and muck up the drinking water". . . the failure of my pessimistic imagination at that moment boggles my mind now.

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Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

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I spent a lot of time with some native Hawaiians who protest being part of the United States and literally carry protest signs saying "We are not Americans. " And they have no real warmth for being the 50th state.

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Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.

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The main part of the tree is the root, and the root is always beneath the ground. It never is brought out into the light.

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The teacher has nothing to do with people who use their mental powers to block the enlightenment of others. These people lack control. What can you teach someone who lacks control?

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It's just, "Hey,[Barack] Obama's the hero, and he wants Obamacare," and so the coverage is totally devoted to whether or not Obama's gonna get it. Now, in that scenario, who are the villains?Well, your good old, reliable Republicans are the villains, and they are always portrayed as the people trying to deny our beloved hero what he wants.

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