Sarah Dessen Quotes
It wasn't like I was some expert on the meaning of being supportive. Was it being loyal even against your better judgement? Or, like Olivia, was it making your displeasure known from the start, even when someone didn't want to hear it?
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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'Elizabethtown' was a movie made for all the right reasons, and people who connect with the movie really connect to it. It's not the biggest group of people ever, but I still really believe in 'Elizabethtown.' It wasn't, like, a savage blow.
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I'm private in the sense that I like my personal space and only want people in the parts of my business that I choose to share. Anything I feel is too personal to share publicly, I keep to myself.
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I have trouble getting an autograph from him. He's really guarded about it, so don't take it personal.
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England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically.
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We are not going to win because you have a new head coach, any more than you are going to fix a flat tire by changing the driver. We will win the minute all of us get rid of excuses as to why we can't win and stop wallowing in self-pity.
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Failure is life at it's most poignant and it's only there to push you in the right direction.
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He took advantage of his opportunities. He just got himself involved. He played a great game.
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People might look at you a bit funny, but it's okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different.
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I remember having to hit a mark and having no idea how to do it, real childlike stuff, because Carnegie Mellon didn't do an extensive job preparing us for film and television. It was very much a theater program. That was my first job. It was cool. I was glad it was.
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I don't like the trappings of stardom. I wear the shoes and the Dolce & Gabbana, because I'm told to. But I'm not trapped by it.
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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
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The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl, Advantaging their loan with interest Of ten times double gain of happiness.
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I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines – of course, I do love a good story.
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The man might have become a Power, but he preferred to remain an Ass.
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Stern Winter loves a dirge – like sound.
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It wasn't like I was some expert on the meaning of being supportive. Was it being loyal even against your better judgement? Or, like Olivia, was it making your displeasure known from the start, even when someone didn't want to hear it?
