Sarah Dessen Quotes
Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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I'm not graceful.
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Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
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My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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I'm a dork!
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to learn how to contribute to society on a practical level they wouldn't get into trouble.
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Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
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Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.
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I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK.
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For me, it's really day to day. I don't really plan ahead and I like to be excited about what I'm wearing. Being on the road all the time, it's various articles of clothing that keep me inspired and feeling good. A fun or beautiful thing to wear can change your day. I think spontaneity and not adhering to any narrow styles keep me happy.
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying.
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I would say old school cats like Redman and Wu-tang. My style is my style, those are just cats that I liked.
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As much as we all love playing live, it's not normal to be on the road all the time, to have no home.
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Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.
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I sit on the Drug Policy Subcommittee of the United States Congress. I'm on the speaker's task force. This is something people would rather turn away from and not face, but in fact it is possibly the greatest threat we face.
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I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.
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Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.
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Before Hillary-bashing became its own thing, she was subjected to the standard-issue woman-bashing used on every powerful woman in Washington.
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Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.
