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I haven't decided if he deserved to eat bread made out of sticks or live in a rancid puddle, probably because I haven't made up my mind whether anyone deserves such treatment, though I suspect that the day a person gives up on the Geneva Conventions is the day a person gives up on the human race.

— 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.

Assassination Vacation (2005)

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.

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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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