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.

I hated the lost colony.. view

By: Sarah Vowell

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Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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What are you hiding? No one ever asks that... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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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... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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Relics are treasured as something close to the divine... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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We go in to liberate Cuba, but Cuba still isn't free.. view

By: Sarah Vowell

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The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for the FBI agent assigned to read this and make sure I mean no harm, clearly state that while I am obsessed with death, I am against it... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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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... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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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... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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