Sarah Dessen Quotes
If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs.
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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That product had a ten year life cycle, which has never been done in this industry.
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Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.
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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
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You have friends, and they die. You have a disease, someone you care about has a disease, Wall Street people are scamming everyone, the poor get poorer, the rich get richer. That's what we're surrounded by all the time.
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Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.
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Like the Britain of Beaverbrook and Kipling, Japan in the early twentieth century was a jingoistic nation, subduing weaker countries with the help of populist politicians and sensationalist journalism.
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I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small - a locked room-style story.
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With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.
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My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most.
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I'm so tired of men who are afraid to hurt women's feelings.
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In the Marine Corps, everything had a purpose.
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Don't let yourself make excuses for not doing the things you want to do.
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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We never envisioned this much stuff. I'm overwhelmed by the support out there for the troops, ... only one company that will remain nameless turned us down.
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Enlightenment is the liberation of man from his self-caused state of minority... Supere aude! Dare to use your own understanding!is thus the motto of the Enlightenment.
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Though small was your allowance, You saved a little store: And those who save a little, Shall get a plenty more.
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There really aren't any unusual requests. They're humbled by the situation. It's hard to be displaced and ask for what you need.
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You will never understand what you're doin'. But God does.
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If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs.
