Sarah Dessen Quotes
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When I said I could beat Alexander Gustafsson in a standup fight, people laughed at me. They thought, 'No way.' But I believe in what I'm seeing every day.
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I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at an amateur production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'
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If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as a young man, coming up. Who doesn't want a father? Those are the beginnings, and those are what can dictate the roads you choose in life, and choosing them well.
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Jamque comes semper magnorum prima malorumsaeva fames aderat.
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My fiction occupies, actually, the very heart of American culture: this eternal question and struggle of what it means to be an American.
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So organic farming practices are something that, to me, are interlinked with the idea of using biodiesel.
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Every time I get photographed, it's the legs. So I've insured them for a lot, for £5 million each. Is that enough?
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Couture occupies the uppermost stratosphere of fashion. It is the holy of holies, as only about 2,000 women globally are fortunate enough to wear these precious garments tailored to their exact measurements, making it perhaps the most exclusive club in the world.
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I've done some version of that Minnesota accent - that Midwestern accent - in sketch comedy for years. It's the quickest way to symbolize you're a mom.
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I don't really get nervous, ever. I just have a good time.
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I think that at some point in your life you realize you don't have to worry if you do everything you're supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best you can... what can worry do for you? You are already doing the best you can.
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Open-source is a means of production.
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He whom Love touches not walks in darkness.
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If you want to see the acceptable face of capitalism, go out to an oil rig in the North Sea.
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And I swear that I don't have a gun...no I don't have a gun.
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You look out into the audience and you see so much joy on people's faces. You make eye contact with people who are almost crying because they can't believe they're seeing the Rumours five back again, they can't believe their eyes. It's almost like a family reunion on stage, there's no angst, there's no animosity, there's just tremendous amount of friendship.
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A knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.
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RE: GSEs like Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae: "creditors will continue to underprice the risk-taking of these financial institutions, overfund them, and fail to provide effective market discipline Facing prices that are too low, systemically important firms will take on too much risk."
