Sara Zarr Quotes

I wouldn't say I'm stuck in my adolescence, but I think, like a lot of people, I carry my teen years with me. I feel really in touch with those feelings, and how intense and complicated life seems in those years.

Sara Zarr

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• The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.

  

  Barnaby C. Keeney
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• The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.

  

  Imelda Marcos
  • People
  • World
  • Today

• It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.

  

  Inga Cadranel
  • Sports
  • Car
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• Sick children, if not too shy to speak, will always express this wish. They invariably prefer a story to be told to them, rather than read to them.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • Children
  • Wish
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• We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.

  

  Ike Barinholtz
  • Wife
  • Rule
  • Fine

• Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.

  

  Rabindranath Maharaj
  • Home
  • City
  • Internet

• Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Down
  • Calm
  • Storm

• It's the irrational things that interest me.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
  • Me
  • Things
  • Interest

• You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • You
  • Cannot
  • Govern

• The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • World
  • Man
  • Best

• The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Doubt
  • Walking
  • Innocence

• I want to have a normal high-school experience.

  

  Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson
  • School
  • Experience
  • High

• I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Work
  • Power
  • Dirty

• When people are frightened about going hungry and paying their mortgages, a scarcity model begins to prevail; they fear someone else will get their piece of the pie.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • People
  • Fear
  • Model

• I like to take writing retreats within a day's drive of home. Less travel time means more time for writing, which is the name of the game here.

  

  Kate Klise
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Home

• In its Declaration of Independence on May 15, 1948, Israel stretched out its hand in peace to its Arab neighbors, calling for an end to war and bloodshed. In response, seven Arab states invaded Israel. The U.N. resolution that partitioned the country was thus violated and effectively annulled.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
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• When I was 23, I went backpacking around Australia for three months. I saved up a few grand, quit my job and flew to Sydney, then went to Melbourne and up the East Coast, which was an incredible experience. I remember running out of money and getting my mum to send me a few hundred quid, which helped me get by.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Up
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  • Job

• Most well-known serial killers have victims numbering in the dozens, have sent taunting letters to the police or have done bizarre things to the bodies.

  

  Pat Brown
  • Done
  • Police
  • Letters

• In junior high school, I learned that I could be good at school. I remember liking the freedom to choose classes and the pleasure of learning and doing well. My perseverance and love of reading had somehow allowed me to overcome many disadvantages of dyslexia, and I read a lot of books for pleasure.

  

  Carol W. Greider
  • Good
  • School
  • Remember

• I'm a huge fan of 'The Odd Couple,' yes, and any comparisons to Tony Randall and or Jack Lemmon are completely welcome. I kind of try to channel those guys, and then add my own neuroses, too.

  

  David Alan Basche
  • Couple

• I've got my Grammys on top of my piano and I look at them when I play.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Play
  • Look
  • Top

• My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.

  

  Mark Messier
  • People
  • Work

• I was never looking to be popular. The trade-off for me in seeking other people's opinions is the potential to help that you get in the media. And we don't always do that, but when we do, it's a beautiful thing.

  

  Chris Cuomo
  • People
  • Help
  • Beautiful

• I wouldn't say I'm stuck in my adolescence, but I think, like a lot of people, I carry my teen years with me. I feel really in touch with those feelings, and how intense and complicated life seems in those years.

  

  Sara Zarr
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Feelings