Sarah Dessen Quotes
How weird was it that so many bits and pieces, all diverse, could make something whole. Something with potential. 'Perfect.
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I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
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I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.
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Cyberespionage and cyberattack is exploding from our adversaries inside our country. We don't seem capable of stopping it.
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South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
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If you believe - which I do - that acting is a bit like advocacy for your character, then of course I want to find the positive points.
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It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.
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Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity; at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos.
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When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.
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The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.
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It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them.
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I started doing impressions of Steve Urkel and Ed Grimley as my way of getting through the fear of rejection.
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The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants.
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One of my favorite films is 1994's 'Little Women', with Winona Ryder and Kirsten Dunst.
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Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
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Ads need to be little pieces of entertainment.
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I didn't know if I could make a good movie. But I knew I could make a respectful one.
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Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.
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Early on I decided that I was going to lie to the press. The best approach to talking about my personal life was to lie.
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How weird was it that so many bits and pieces, all diverse, could make something whole. Something with potential. 'Perfect.
