Sarah Dessen Quotes
I was so scared about being discovered, but nobody came. Nobody heard. In my own ears, though, my sobs sounded primal and scary, like something I would have turned off if I'd been able to.
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I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.
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I wear jewellery that I never take off. I have a ring and two necklaces. I always have them on and get scared when I have to take them off for photo shoots. The ring is my mum's mum's mum's, and she gave it to me for my 18th birthday. The necklace is the same one that my sister has. She's called Hannah, and the name is the chain.
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Be original; don't be scared of being bold!
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The more insight I get, the more scared I get of women in general.
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Drugs scared me.
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I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true.
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I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing.
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To get scared is something not in my personality.
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Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn!
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A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.
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People always make a lot about how I don't carry grudges. That's my religious upbringing. I went nine years without missing Sunday school. Lutheran. I can't live with hatred inside of me. That's what I learned. I ain't scared of dying, either.
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My chicken ain't no joke. I ain't scared to go up against the Colonel, tastewise.
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Every time I got to play a show, even if it's already sold out, I'm so scared no one's going to come.
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We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight.
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I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.
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Music isn`t for the eyes, it`s for the ears.
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The most vulnerable people have tough exteriors because they are very scared inside, and it's very hard for people like that - people like me - to open up. But playing it safe means you stop being open to learning. I always try to find the challenges.
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My father lead by fear. I did what my father said ‘cause I was scared of getting my ass beat. His voice rang so vividly in my head. That it was just…a fear.
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I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
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Since 2005, I have not spent much time with my family. In fact I have spent more time at the Taj Landsend in Mumbai. It was my 100th visit recently, which means I have spent more than 400 days in that hotel, and that is a lot more than I have spent with my family.
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We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy.
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As children in the seventies we were told about nebulous 'strangers'. By definition, we didn't know who these strangers were, and we didn't know what they wanted to do, but only that they were sinister. I think that was the stage the seventies were at.
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We are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them.
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I was so scared about being discovered, but nobody came. Nobody heard. In my own ears, though, my sobs sounded primal and scary, like something I would have turned off if I'd been able to.
