Sarah Dessen Quotes
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.
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Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on.
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You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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I have really long hair, so I don't cut it all that often. Sometimes, when I'm working, I just have the stylist on set trim it for me. I don't dye my hair. When I was a teenager, I dyed my hair five colors at one time. It was all different shades of red going from more orange to more purple. I thought I looked so cool.
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Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?
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At school I used to avoid dance lessons. They were the worst.
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More than anything else I recall being, or trying very deliberately to be, a perfect child. Not a Goody Two-shoes, but a kid who did good, who worked hard and met every expectation. I strove to achieve in the excessive way that psychotherapists tend to regard with concern.
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I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.
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That's been the most exciting part of the show - incorporating the magic and the acrobats and the singing and dancing to make our 'Pippin.'
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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There are people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.
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But it was important to simply be sought, even if you didn‟t ever want to be found.
