Sarah Dessen Quotes
It was as familiar to me as a song I'd been hearing my whole life, covered by various people but the basic tune the same.
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I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.
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I am in love with myself, with my friends, with my family, with kids, with life and my movies.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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One of these days, I'd like to put together a revue of all my music, which would probably turn into a marathon. There's a couple of hit songs from almost every phase of my career. At the same time, visually, if you don't handle it properly, it could be a cacophony of craziness, because there's just so many different kinds of music.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.
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I enjoy the challenge of trying to say things beautifully. The message is secondary in that sense. Obviously, I have something that I want to say that's very, very important to me – but the process of actually crafting it is essential.
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As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are prevented from using our creative potential, we are deprived of one of the basic characteristics of a human being.
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Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.
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Such taxes upon the necessaries of life, when they have grown up to a certain height, are a curse equal to the barrenness of the earth and the inclemency of the heavens; and yet it is in the richest and most industrious countries that they have been most generally imposed. No other countries could support so great a disorder.
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You remember what you go through as a kid, what's going to make you listen, what's going to make you respond. I held onto that. People who treated me like that when I was younger got every bit of respect and attention I could give them, because I knew that they were coming at me from almost an equal level.
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I don't chase publishers. Publishers chase me.
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It was as familiar to me as a song I'd been hearing my whole life, covered by various people but the basic tune the same.
