Sarah Dessen Quotes
This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn’t just a season or a time but a whole world I’d forgotten. I’d never know until I stepped out into it. So I did.
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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I myself am a former commando fighter.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
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If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.
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I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.
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For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.
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For people who think of chicken as the meat choice of those-who-don't-really-like-meat, brining a bird will be a revelation.
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One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
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I'm skilled in the Twitter and Instagram sense of the social media verse.
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It's no use crying over spilt summits.
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At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted down to three percent.
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Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.
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I actually try not to go on my phone too much. That's something that's been a huge self-care move for me. I got rid of my iPhone, and so I'm actively working toward trying to be more present and not feeling uncomfortable when I don't have it as a coping mechanism.
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories.
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Is all the world jails and churches?
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Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
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Even though it's hard to learn how to back your car out the driveway at first, once it becomes a habit, you can do it almost automatically and think about something else, like the meeting that you need to go to today or what's on the radio.
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This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn’t just a season or a time but a whole world I’d forgotten. I’d never know until I stepped out into it. So I did.
