Sarah Dessen Quotes
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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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Hope is not a matter of age.
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I'm not sure how to describe my style. A lot of my work is dark and looks a bit sad, which is strange because I'm such a smiley, over-the-top positive guy who wears gold shoes most days.
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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
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The Junction Point journey is over. To all those who've asked, or want to ask, I'm sad but excited for the future.
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Touring is really a pretty lonely business.
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Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
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When I graduated high school, I bought a guitar and, at first, didn't really think I'd get into the songwriting thing as much as I did. But after learning a few songs of other people's to play on the guitar, I got bored with that and just started writing songs on my own, and that's kinda how it came about.
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I love Memphis, I guess you could say, in the way that you love a brother even if he does sometimes puzzle and sadden and frustrate you. Say what you want about it, it's an authentic place. I was born and raised in Memphis, and no matter where I go, Memphis belongs to me, and I to it.
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When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.
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Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: 'I'll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for £200,' to a bored colourist in a Mayfair salon, which is much more satisfying, not to mention cheap.
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Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.
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And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructive tendencies quickly.
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There's always chatter about a 'Chuck' movie. So nobody's opposed to it. It's just a matter of getting everything lined up.
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Ideally, I would love to mix singing and acting, but you can only be a pop star for so many years. I mean, at 30 it's a little bit sad, right?
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It's sad that children don't spend enough time looking around and being amazed by what's in the real world.
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The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable.
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It takes a lot of time and a lot of energy and a lot of focus and dedication to do a film, and it's just not worth it if you're going to be miserable for even a day.
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Theory should be ever more demanding of our empirical resources. Simultaneously, data should be ever more demanding of the empirical relevance of theory and of the theorist's expertise in working imaginatively on problems of the world, rather than on stylized problems of the imagination.
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When I grow too old and dull to rock 'n rollLike to hold on tight to you darlingAnd when my fires have all burned outI'd like to think I can still think aboutThe things I used to sing aboutWhen I was spending all my time aloneBy myself and on my ownSeldom seen and quite unknown.
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I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked.
