Sarah Dessen Quotes
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I portray female characters, so I have the opportunity to change the way people look at them. Even if I wasn't consciously doing that, it would happen anyway just because of how I present as a woman, or as a person. I present in a way that's not stereotypical, even if I'm playing a stereotypical role.
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I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.
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My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory.
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I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
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No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
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Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
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The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
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I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
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In India, nobody really talks about works of art; they always talk about the appreciation of art. You buy this for 3,000 rupees, it'll become 30,000 in two months.
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Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.
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That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.
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I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister.
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There's always a spattering of people who see Hanson who were influenced by classic '60's and '70's rock and roll. In a lot of ways, we're sort of the anatomy of a '70's rock band if you examine what we do: white guys who grew up listening to soul music from the '50's and '60's.
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It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.
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God and death kind of resemble each other, because the only time a lot of people will try and talk to God is when someone's died.
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My biggest regret is that I wasn't able to help give our fans a championship.
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Finney is about the best writer of time travel stories ever, and I adore time travel stories - have to make a time travel game someday!
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Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well.
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The British government's position is that prisoners -- regardless of their technical status -- should be treated humanely and in accordance with customary international law, ... We have always made that clear and the Americans have said they share this view.
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The whole NIT we're playing great defense, that's what we're trying to stress. We talked about, we can't hang our heads because we had injuries, we can't hang our heads because we're young. If you can head to the NIT Final Four, it means you're playing good basketball.
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Persons who discover a flatterer, do not always disapprove him, because he imagines them considerable enough to deserve his applications.
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No woman has ever needed a man to be enough.
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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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You can never be sure of anyone until you're close enough to see them clearly.
