Sarah Dessen Quotes
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Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.
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It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
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Every concert I've finished with the knowledge I've played a fistful of wrong notes.
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I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.
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Santorum is the greatest person on the face of the planet as far as I'm concerned.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
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Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.
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Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure?
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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When I just sit around my house and work, I can work two, three hours, and then I go off and ride a horse or do something that I perceive to be a lot more fun.
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With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
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I buy when other people are selling.
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If you could wean yourself off of oil and not be dependent on the Middle East, obviously it's better.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is to do lots of good work.
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My beloved church misunderstood me. It preached the corruptibility of humanity when I came to demonstrate its potential for incorruptibility. It propounded the sinfulness of humanity when I suffered to reveal your godliness and to overcome your guilt by demonstrating that you can totally rise above the death of the body.
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Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the best policy.
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I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.
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I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal.
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'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable enterprise. And it also convinced a lot of people that kids will read if we give them books that they care about and love.
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You can't act like you care about someone but not let them care about you.
