Sarah Dessen Quotes
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Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.
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Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.
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I couldn't tell the truth if my life depended on it.
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We are a nation of immigrants, and if the truth be known, don't we need a whole lot of immigrants to be buying homes and to drive our economy and to take jobs that U.S. citizens don't want?
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I sat in the green room at Radio City Music Hall for the 2006 NFL Draft. At my table, I was encircled by my parents, brother, agent, former coaches and close friends.
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One thing I didn't understand in life was that I had $100,000,000 in the bank and I couldn't buy happiness. I had everything: mansions, yachts, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but I was depressed. I didn't know where I fitted in. But then I found family and friends and I learned the value of life.
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I love music and I love musicians and when I hear something that's great, I always say it's like you go to a movie and you can't wait to tell your friends about it.
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The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.
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I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.
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To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.
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God's truth is helped by no man's ignorance.
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If you're convinced as an artist of what you're doing, the only move is to, no matter what people say or what management says or your best friends say or people on Facebook, do what you do, and people will find their way to it.
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My friends and the people I know understand that I'm going to ask them what they're doing, how they're dating, who they're dating, where they're going and what they're doing. I'm constantly asking those questions and making sure I'm in touch with the customer.
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It was so popular, so more people identify me from 'Friends' than anything else.
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All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves.
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When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.
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I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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But I have told the truth. Isn't that ironic? They sent me because I am so good at telling lies. But I have told the truth.
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I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.
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When I play live, I jump around like an idiot for an hour-and-a-half or more under a lighting rig that's hotter than hell.
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I'm writing another novel and I know what I'm going to do after, which may be something more like this again, maybe some strange mixture of fiction and non-fiction.
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I'm a Red-baiter; I'm a witch-hunter if the witches are Communists.
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Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie
