Sarah Dessen Quotes
That sucks, though," Wes said finally, his voice low. "You're just setting yourself up to fail, because you'll never get everything perfect." "Says who?" He just looked at me. "The world," he said, gesturing all around us, as if this party, this deck encompassed it all. "The universe. There's just no way. And why would you want everything to be perfect, anyway?" "I don't want everything to be perfect," I said. Just me, I thought. Somehow. "I just want—
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Before, I could meet and greet all my fans one by one, but now, it's hard to remember all of their names. And my actions can sometimes cause misunderstandings. If I bow to one side, I've heard people from the other side ask why I didn't bow there.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
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Our goal is a title. With LeBron, we are in 'win now' mode.
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Water is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind.
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I'm a big fan of Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars – that's my next level. You've got to dream. People have always tried to shoot me down for wanting to be a big worldwide star. But why not? You have to broaden your horizons and put yourself out there.
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The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
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I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.
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Lyndon Johnson, his 44-state landslide in 1964 and Great Society notwithstanding, was by 1968 a failed president being repudiated in the primaries of his own party.
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I'm no hardened criminal who the authorities need to hunt.
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My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life.
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If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
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I'm a home girl. I like to stay home.
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It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.
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One thing that really drew me to him the first time I saw him play was his leadership ability within the team.
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On occasion, I like to reread my grandfather's letters. While leafing through them, I'm saddened by what is being lost in modern communication. Soul-baring sentimentality isn't typically poured into text messages, tweets and emails. All too often, personal connections are brushed aside for the sake of convenience in a fast-paced world.
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There is a certain sort of excess that is interesting, don't you think? And America is, of course, the most excessive place.
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These two enormous forces - truth and meaning - are at war in today's world. ...And something sooner or later has to give.
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That sucks, though," Wes said finally, his voice low. "You're just setting yourself up to fail, because you'll never get everything perfect." "Says who?" He just looked at me. "The world," he said, gesturing all around us, as if this party, this deck encompassed it all. "The universe. There's just no way. And why would you want everything to be perfect, anyway?" "I don't want everything to be perfect," I said. Just me, I thought. Somehow. "I just want—
