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• Vicki: Add a description of this character.
• Marty Jr.
• Brandon
• Mike Tyson
• Gill
• Margery
• Drew Pierson
• Glen
• Malison
• Tommy
• Kevin
• Nick
• Mrs. Peacock
• Dale
• Kyle
• Tina
• Bethany
• Phil Collins
• Bruce
• Pat Buckley
• Lena
• Clifford
• Khe Sahn
• Mr. Tartikoff
• Evelyne
• Charlton Heston
• Taylor
• Barbra Streisand
• Melinda Delvecchio
• Randy Sykes
• Annette
• Jason
• Dave

Quotes edit see section history

• “If you're looking for sympathy you can find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”

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• Because that’s really something I can’t stand — when people refer to themselves as crazy. The truly crazy are labeled so on the grounds that they see nothing wrong with their behavior. They forge ahead, lighting fires in public buildings and defecating in frying pans without the slightest notion that they are out of step with the rest of society. That, to me, is crazy. Calling yourself crazy is not crazy, only obnoxious.

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• if you think too hard about anything it’s bound to take the fun out of it.

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• Rather than say something interesting once, they repeat a cliché and hope for the same effect.

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• Each of us is left to choose our own quality of life and take pleasure where we find it, with the understanding that, like Mom used to say, “Sooner or later, something’s going to get you.”

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• All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I’m afraid that when all is said and done the police are right: it all comes down to fingerprints.

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• Sallie Mae sounds like a naive and barefoot hillbilly girl but in fact they are a ruthless and aggressive conglomeration of bullies located in a tall brick building somewhere in Kansas. I picture it to be the tallest building in that state and I have decided they hire their employees straight out of prison. It scares me.

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• I don’t understand nice. Nice is a lazy one-syllable word and it says nothing at all. I prefer to surround myself with more complex words, such as heroic and commanding.

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• Standing in a two-hour line makes people worry that they’re not living in a democratic nation.

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• It was a large group of retarded people and after watching them for a few minutes I could not begin to guess where the retarded people ended and the regular New Yorkers began. Everyone looks retarded once you set your mind to it.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• California

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. David Sedaris (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 814.54

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories › Anthologies
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Single Women
• Books › Entertainment › Humor › Essays
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Anthologies
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Comic

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