Sarah Addison Allen Quotes
Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the 'dahling' thing got started?
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One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.
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As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I learned more from my failures than from all of my successes put together - failures as an athlete and as a person.
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I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.
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Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good.
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What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
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I have lots of clothes that I don't wear because I'm bad for impulse buying. They sit in my cupboard looking forlorn, but if I haven't worn something for a couple of months, I usually realise that it would be much better off in one of my friends' wardrobes.
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Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
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I love design.
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I had to push exposition through dialogue, which is really, really hard for an actor do.
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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
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There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it's what you think. But it's hard to come to terms with getting older. I admire people like Vivienne Westwood.
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Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact, adultery in Southern California is grounds for marriage.
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It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.
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They don't like anyone who isn't Korean, and they don't like each other all that much, either. They're hardheaded, hard-drinking, tough little bastards, 'the Irish of Asia'.
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Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
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The principle aim of gymnastics is the education of all youth and not simply that minority of people highly favored by nature.
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Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you.
