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Overheard at SXSW: top quotes from the streets of Austin

3/17/2017

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Example: 'Are you an actual human werewolf, bro?'
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The SXSW Conference and Festivals draws thousands of people to the Texas capital, from the worlds of music, media, film, interactive, medical, gaming and a variety of other walks of life.

​With so many humans packed into one relatively small place, one can't help but overhear conversations at times, as much as one might try not to.
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I had a plan and now you're hijacking my plan!

  --Irked woman speaking to a man as they walked down Congress Avenue
These are some of the snippets I tapped out on my cellphone after they entered my ear space:
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We're about to go hard in the middle of the street!

  --Beatboxing DJ making an announcement to the crowd on 6th Street

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

​  --Woman running out of men's bathroom at the National Geographic party 

Are you an actual human werewolf, bro?

  --Guy to his friend as they walked toward the music venues near Red River and Driskill streets
I didn't get a look at the human werewolf referred to in the quote above, but I did spot a lupine fiddler a few days earlier, playing in the middle of 6th Street.
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I just feel like during Southby everybody has a towing boner.

--Woman on CapMetro train to her friend, on the risk of getting your car towed in the midst of the festival

Why would anyone do a documentary about George Lazenby?

--Guy outside the State Theatre before the premiere of Becoming Bond, about one-time Bond actor George Lazenby
Can you get me in?

  --Same guy, two minutes later, to a festival PR person
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George Lazenby at the premiere of the aforementioned documentary on Saturday, March 11, 2017. Photo by Matt Carey

What's up with that? This is bullshit. And I live here.

  --Guy complaining about cold weather in Austin on Sunday, March 12

Can I have a quad espresso?

  --Guy to barista in the Starbucks at the Marriott Residence Inn (I later saw him chug said beverage)

That's your inaugural snap. That's like smoking your first J.

  --Guy to woman who had just posted to Instagram for the first time
The above conversation about Instagram took place as the couple was about to board the Viceland bus to see Grumpy Cat, who was touring Austin. 
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Grumpy Cat photo by Matt Carey

A lot of the east coast is going to sink because of global warming. Donald Trump doesn't acknowledge it, but it's a thing.

  --Guy on CapMetro train, to a friend

"How much did your car cost?" "None of your business."

  --Guy on East Cesar Chavez Street to a woman driving an Audi convertible
The car in question:
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If you do drugs and you wear a drugs shirt -- not cool.

--Woman selling t-shirts in Rainbow Feather booth at the SXSW Marketplace
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Give it to somebody who wants it.

--Guy urging a friend to take a free Veep poster offered to everyone who attended a panel discussion about the show

See you in Salt Lake, mutherfuckers.

--Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, after talking about her son -- who is playing for  Northwestern in the NCAA basketball tournament. The Wildcats are in the Western Regional bracket out of Salt Lake City.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus at the "Veep" panel discussion on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Chuck Todd (left) of NBC moderated. Photo by Matt Carey
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    Matthew Carey is a documentary filmmaker and journalist. His work has appeared on Deadline.com, CNN, CNN.com, TheWrap.com, NBCNews.com and in Documentary magazine.

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