Sarah Dessen Quotes
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It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do.
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I went to community college for about a year but I'd started taking music seriously by then so I dropped out.
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I think we have a really good work ethic, and we’re committed to not only being professional on set but also working hard to do what it takes to get the job. But I also think having an Aussie accent is a bit of a drawcard! It’s something different and people seem to like it-let’s just go with that!
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In the last couple of years I've been picking up my guitar again.
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People are more afraid of black unity than black rage.
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My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the most comfortable position to be the new kid.
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I hate looking backward, but every once in a while it sneaks up on you.
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Nothing feels better than constructing a beautiful sentence.
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My pledge to myself is I will believe in my music, always. I stand behind everything I do. If I don't think it's amazing, how the hell is anyone else going to think it's amazing? But that's just me.
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The hardest thing when you think about focusing. You think focusing is about saying "Yes." No. Focusing is about saying "No." And when you say "No," you piss off people.
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Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.
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Never say no to yourself. Make the other guy say no.
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Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous.
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You can't explain why people are friends and why those friendships last, but there certainly is magic in it. It's just something that you treasure.
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That was kind of scary. You got the sense as a little kid that you might be at risk now, and then you're like, 'Why are we at risk? It's because my grandfather is in charge of all of this.' You can't really realize the magnitude of a job like that when you are eight.
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I am paid a good amount of money to not blink for 12 hours. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.
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It's amazing what a spray-on tan will do.
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Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a home to buy.
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There won't be any biographies of me because, for only one reason, lives spent between the house and the chicken yard do not make exciting copy.
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Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge.
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While our budget shortfall is temporary, ruining pristine national lands is permanent.
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Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more love in the parents for their children than in children for their parents, this is sad but natural. Who does not entertain his hopes more than his recollections.
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No, no, no to Tallyho.
