Sarah Dessen Quotes

You're not supposed to have it all figured out in high school. If you knew it all, and it was the best, it's all downhill from there.

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• I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
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• There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.

  

  Irvin Kershner
  • Interesting
  • Face
  • Landscape

• I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.

  

  A. Philip Randolph
  • People
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• I think music needs danger; it needs risk.

  

  Taylor Momsen
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  • Think
  • Risk

• I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Up
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• The cast of 'Lemonade Mouth' was picked so perfectly. A lot of people see us as a band on camera, but not a lot of people know that Lemonade Mouth was a band off-camera, too.

  

  Adam Hicks
  • People
  • Know
  • Band

• I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business, and I still have stuff to do at their house.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Business
  • House
  • Parents

• Self-doubt kills talent.

  

  Edie McClurg
  • Doubt
  • Talent
  • Self-Doubt

• Japanese people are not known for expressing their feelings through singing and dancing, but I like to sing a lot. I don't just sing to myself in the shower. I sing everywhere.

  

  Tao Okamoto
  • People
  • Myself
  • Singing

• I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Believe
  • Feel
  • I Believe

• In my case, symptoms began to appear when I was only 57. In fact, the doctors believe early-onset Alzheimer's has a strong genetic predictor, and that it may have been progressing for some years before I was diagnosed.

  

  Pat Summitt
  • Believe
  • May
  • Strong

• Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.

  

  B. D. Wong
  • Movies
  • Television
  • Shows

• Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.

  

  Wayne Coyne
  • Different
  • Best
  • Audience

• No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.

  

  Yasmine Bleeth
  • People
  • Happy
  • Dream

• It makes me forget that I'm not going to be a major star and lead female in films whether it was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, five or in the future.

  

  Pam Grier
  • Future
  • Me
  • Star

• The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Work
  • Home
  • Revolution

• Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • People
  • Good
  • Amazing

• Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.

  

  Kate Smith
  • Song
  • Singing
  • Years

• I'm a hard worker. I'm a people person.

  

  Bobby Schilling
  • People

• The man who, as is often said, can get away with wearing a trench coat over his dinner jacket, or an old school tie for a belt, is the one who in fact understands best the rules of proper dress and can bend them to suit his own personality and requirements.

  

  G. Bruce Boyer
  • School
  • Personality

• Punitive measures whether administered by police, teachers, spouses or parents have well known standard effects: (1) escape-education has its own name for that: truancy, (2) counterattack-vandalism on schools and attacks on teachers, (3) apathy-a sullen do-nothing withdrawal. The more violent the punishment, the more serious the by-products.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • School
  • Parents
  • Education

• I am my own worst enemy. My friends and family will say, 'You've got everything going for you right now', and I say, 'Oh yes, but!' Which is not a good way to be.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Good
  • Family
  • Friends

• I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time.

  

  Emma Watson
  • Up
  • Time
  • Book

• You're not supposed to have it all figured out in high school. If you knew it all, and it was the best, it's all downhill from there.

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • School
  • Knew
  • Downhill