Sarah Dessen Quotes
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The thing about 'Dark Knight' is its objective is to set Batman into your world, so that you can imagine the moral dilemmas he faces are exactly parallel to moral dilemmas that you would face in this world, today, if you were out there fighting crime dressed like a bat.
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We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.
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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.
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Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
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I know of nothing more moving, indeed semi-tragic, than the yearning helplessness in the face of a dog, who understands what is said to him, and can not answer!
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Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.
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I've never had anything done on my face. I've never had dermabrasion or peels or injections of any kind, nothing.
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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
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L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level.
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To catch the ball, face up, look at all of my options and then pass. I was playing hot potato. I didn't want to be the guy to stall the triangle.
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There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.
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The idea of the European community is never face a war again.
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Traditionally with debut albums, labels insist on a face, so people know who you are.
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Everybody in my band is a lion, and everyone's mastered their own domain... And we have a platform, and we have built it painstakingly and punched ourselves in the face every way we could to get where we are.
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Legitimate institutions historically have been defenseless in the face of outright fraud.
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I can't think of any shows I've watched about teenagers that has the same spirit that 'Skins' has, the same honesty about it.
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You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don't want to face.
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Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence.
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The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face anything is has to face without wavering. If we take this view, life becomes one great romance, a glorious opportunity for seeing marvelous things all the time. God is disciplining us to get us into this central place of power.
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The thing with Superman is that he's completely emotionally open to the reader. Meaning what he tells you is what he's feeling; there's a transparency there. And what he tells other characters is usually as transparent as can be. What he says he believes in. So there's an honesty that is both really inspiring writing the character. One thing I love about Clark Kent is that there is a badassery that you don't see a lot. Even as Superman, he's always kind of restraining himself. When you challenge him, I think there's nobody that has a stronger spine than Superman.
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Honesty in principle was one thing. In someone’s face, it was another.
