Sarah Dessen Quotes
I just have to be super strong when it comes to my work time. Shut the browser, ignore the email alerts, and just WRITE.
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If you start lifting weights, you will expect to put weight on, as muscle is heavier than fat. But you have to look more at your body shape - you will get heavier - but you might get smaller and heavier at the same time, which is fine. And it doesn't really matter what you weigh as long as you are happy with your shape and size!
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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A 90-minute time frame is not long enough to tell a good female story, and that's why long-format television has become so great for female storytelling and for female performers and directors and writers.
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People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead.
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I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.
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We moved from the East coast to the town of Spokane, Washington, when I was about 13 years old, and I did not adapt very well to the, to the style of the place, and I spent most of my time in the public library.
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I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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The one thing that's going to get you through this business is having strong roots, being grounded and knowing what is true.
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In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.
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I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.
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It's a taboo that comes back over and over, to suggest that women can feel divided - that you can love your child and want to do everything for it, and at the same time want to put it away from you and reclaim something of yourself.
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7 Mile is like an Ave. Back in the days it was poppin' in the summer time.
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You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something.
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I think the first 10 years of my daughter's life were my mother's happiest, because she could finally have carefree time with a kid.
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Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among the Palestinians.
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We're certainly interested in maximizing our return and doing it - we're interested in maximizing our return, but we're also interested in doing it over a long period of time and in doing it in a way that never endangers the firm from a survivability standpoint.
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Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
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It was hard saying goodbye to the 'iCarly' family just because we have become such a family, but I do get to see them all the time, and I stay in touch with them.
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Regulatory failings mean that the cost of breaking the law is far below that of obeying it - businesses are happier to pay fines than to control pollution.
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A student under my care owes his first allegiance to himself and not to my specialty; and must not be burdened with my work as if he followed no other and had contracted no obligation under heaven but that of satisfying my requirements.
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I don't know. I think it's funny! I think it's funny! I go, what? It's so absurd. I'm alone.
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I just have to be super strong when it comes to my work time. Shut the browser, ignore the email alerts, and just WRITE.
