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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  • Knowledge
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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
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• I think music needs danger; it needs risk.

  

  Taylor Momsen
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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
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• 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

• 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 get scared easily, so I'm not one for just sitting down with a bowl of popcorn and watching horror stories. But, I mean, I'm learning more. Maybe one day I'd like to be able to watch them.

  

  Taissa Farmiga
  • Learning
  • Day
  • One Day

• I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Believe
  • Freedom
  • Artist

• I went to school in Gainesville because it was a huge punk and folk town. So I went to class twice a week, and then I went to shows and wrote. I did a lot of music writing before I actually started playing music.

  

  Benjamin Booker
  • Music
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  • School

• If you don't own a train company then you go and paint on one instead... it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something... that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.

  

  Banksy
  • School
  • City
  • Names

• When I left French 'Vogue,' New York welcomed me with a big, big hug.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Me
  • New York
  • Hug

• Not only am I trying to be a daddy, but also a friend, not be the old fogey that's slowing everybody else down... not for a while, at least.

  

  Josh Turner
  • Trying
  • Friend

• A red apple isn't red, nor the lemon yellow. The sky is seldom blue, only when it isn't.

  

  Keith Crown
  • Sky
  • Blue
  • Apples

• 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