Sarah Dessen Quotes
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn't greedy. It was mine, my girl's, my mom's. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we're very modest. But that's not greedy. That's nice, right?
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free.
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Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.
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Bulking up for the Twilight films was one of the hardest things I've done... I had to give myself a lot of pep talks, as there was just so much gym time.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
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Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation.
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I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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I love cars, but I love bikes more.
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I like most any place if I have Internet access.
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Advertising is the life of trade.
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I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film.
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Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
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I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate results of what I am saying or doing or writing.
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I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.
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'It's not about money right now. My ambition is to further create a signature sound, a signature spirit, that makes some kind of contribution to music in general.
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When considering a career move, consider the most important assumptions that have to prove true and how you can swiftly and inexpensively test if they are valid. Also, remain realistic about the path ahead of you.
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Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
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Says the girl with no thyme.
