Carolina QuotesMy hands tend to be full enough dealing with people who hate me for who I am. Concentrate too hard on the millions of people who hate you for what you are and you're likely to turn into one of those unkempt, sloppy dressers who sag beneath the weight of the two hundred political buttons they wear pinned to their coats and knapsacks. I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.
David Sedaris Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Essay: "Something for everyone". (p.251)
- work
- Naked (1997)
- year
- 1997
- locator
- p.251
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“My hands tend to be full enough dealing with people who hate…” David Sedaris. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-7F3003AA85. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/7f3003aa85
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