Sarah Dessen Quotes
So many versions of just one memory, and yet none of them were right or wrong. Instead, they were all pieces. Only when fitted together, edge to edge, could they even begin to tell the whole story.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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I've been lucky to ride 10 different horses at the Olympics. I'd like to think that of all of them, Big Ben - who was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame - would still be competitive in the contemporary sport.
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood.
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I loved the writing process. I loved it.
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When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.
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Although I am a Christian, I am not even close to perfect.
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There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it disproportionately targets minority communities.
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There is no safe standard to tell man from animals.
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This little bathtub smells like ass.24.
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Strenuously competitive parents may indeed produce high-achieving grownups, but it’s in the nature of things that high-achieving adults are likely to become frustrated and embittered old people, once the rug is pulled out from under their occupation.
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If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
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Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.
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I've always saved. I believe in keeping money back for a rainy day and living within my means. I don't buy expensive clothes; I have a 10-year-old car I'm hoping to replace when a big job comes in. I suppose when we do go on family holidays, I am quite happy to spend when we are there.
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We worked together with Wes Anderson writing a couple more movies together: Rushmore 1998 and Tenenbaums.
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I have made some enemies. My enemies in the southern states consisted of those who oppressed the black slave. My enemies in the north are among those who would perpetuate the slavery of the wage workers
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So many versions of just one memory, and yet none of them were right or wrong. Instead, they were all pieces. Only when fitted together, edge to edge, could they even begin to tell the whole story.
