Sarah Dessen Quotes
Sometimes things don't turn out the way you want them to, Haven. Sometimes the people you choose to believe are wrong.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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I get hugs all the time from strangers. I do believe that people can feel your persona when you perform live, but it is one of the nicest things if you can translate that on your records.
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What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time.
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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I don't think badly of or oppose having plastic surgery. I once seriously thought of it, but I decided to take my appearance as it is.
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Being a public company is really terrible for most companies. I'd say Facebook and Google have done a pretty good job of standing up to the incredible quarterly pressure to hit numbers, but most companies - and I've observed a lot now - don't do a very good job of that.
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Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.
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Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.
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There's not a lot of really great, deep, serialized television, and we can see from the data that that's what people want.
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It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.
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I have just enough public appreciation to make me happy.
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Robert Crumb is an influence on how I draw, but not on the subject matter I take or my approach. One thing I do like about Crumb is that he's chronicled his age, his times, and I think that is what artists should do.
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The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
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I think it's alarming that people believe that success enables one to forget how life felt before. As if one could simply exchange one's values.
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I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.
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Sometimes things don't turn out the way you want them to, Haven. Sometimes the people you choose to believe are wrong.
