Sarah Dessen Quotes
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When I lived in Greece and off the coast of Italy, I enjoyed a branzino dish so much that I created my own version.
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.
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If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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When I was taken to the concentration camp of Auschwitz, a manuscript of mine ready for publication was confiscated. Certainly, my deep desire to write this manuscript anew helped me to survive the rigors of the camps I was in.
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You either listen to the naysayers and fall into the pit of self-loathing, or you stay on the path and move forward.
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My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.
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A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
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Words cut through my skin, tears roll down my chin
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We would normally play it to Cynthia or whoever was around
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Not that I took it as a fiasco at the time, but no one saw 'Almost Famous' in the theaters,
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Business fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom.
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Anyone who's 71 years old would look ridiculous singing rock.
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I am such a bossy producer and such a control freak that there's a part of me that really longs to be bossed around.
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It’s just that I feel so sad these wonderful nights. I sort of feel they’re never coming again, and I’m not really getting all I could out of them.
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Netflix and Amazon know when you stop and start a program, whether you wanted the whole thing, all of that.
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She was just a shell of her former self, functioning and talking but hardly alive.
