Sarah Addison Allen Quotes
Because he knew the best way to get what he wanted was to break down what made us strongest. And our friendships were what made us strong.
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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.
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I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds and ends jobs to keep the family together and educate us.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
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I'm a weekday warrior who takes our Georgia values to Washington, and on the weekends, I'm back home.
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When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
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PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.
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My father was a headmaster in England and then the dean of a college in Australia. We moved there when I was about five, so my education was in Australia, and I always felt I was Australian even though my passport was British.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years Europe are going to be at best stagnation. We are preparing for tough times.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.
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When I walk for a designer, I walk the ramp as Vijender Singh, the boxer. I believe that by doing so, boxing will at least, in some way, get promoted in our entertainment industry. Plus, if cricketers can, why can't I?
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I think the last game console I had was Super Nintendo. I remember once I played the Sega Genesis. But Super Nintendo was my last game device. I played outside more. I liked kickball and baseball.
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
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Chris Rock is a good friend of mine, and he is hysterical.
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In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.
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The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind.
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Don't Be Cruel is the greatest rock 'n' roll record ever made.
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It is a unique challenge for a woman to demonstrate that they can lead, that they will be strong, that they can handle crisis, and that they gain respect.
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Because he knew the best way to get what he wanted was to break down what made us strongest. And our friendships were what made us strong.
