Sarah Dessen Quotes
For two hours I'd felt myself stretching tighter and tighter, like a rubber band pulled to the point of snapping. And now, I could feel the smaller, weaker part of myself beginning to fray, tiny bits giving way before the big break.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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We think of feminism as an academic subject, but it's not. If you think feminism is academic, you think there's a right or wrong.
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The great thing about all my siblings is we all agree we had a horrendous childhood. It's not like it doesn't affect us now; it affects us every day, in everything we do.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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It all started when I was 4. I was watching a lot of 'The Little Mermaid,' and I loved that movie. I was going around the house singing - I wanted to be on Disney and everything; I wanted to be a princess.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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With only 2 percent of the world's proven reserves of oil, we in the United States can pump until we are blue in the face and it will not change the fact that we need more diverse and more secure sources of energy.
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In most daily journalism, you only fact-check something if it seems a little fishy.
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As women, I think it helps that we are complex creatures by nature so just being a woman helps to understand a woman's journey.
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If you are ready to put a product or service on the market, look at that product or service and see how you can test it inexpensively. Keep in mind, you'll only need one; you don't need 1,000 to get the answer.
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I am very lucky in that I can eat what I want and don't have to follow any special diet.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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Every man has a long list of things that should be done, but which he knows can't be done. Yet he continues to talk about them as long as he lives.
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It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed.
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The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.
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I never really thought of myself as a musician. I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in a way, it was an extension of Warhol. Instead of making criticism about popular culture, as a lot of artists do, I worked within it to do something.
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Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.
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If any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a chink he is lying. There is nothing bad about doing that. It is like calling the British Brits, or the Irish Paddies.
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One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.
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There was no such thing as a solo career in East Germany. You had to get the best orchestra job that you could.
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For two hours I'd felt myself stretching tighter and tighter, like a rubber band pulled to the point of snapping. And now, I could feel the smaller, weaker part of myself beginning to fray, tiny bits giving way before the big break.
