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Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a good idea. History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.

— Sarah Vowell Assassination Vacation (2005)

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Going to Ford's Theatre to watch the play is like going to Hooters for the food.

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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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You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality.

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The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.

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I fear that the consumer who buys a Confederate flag coffee cup, which she will then put on her American flag place mat, is the sort of sophisticated thinker who is open-minded enough that she is capable of hating blacks and Arabs at the same time.

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