Sarah Dessen Quotes
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
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Most practical jokes, I'll feel too bad for the other person so I'll stop just before the punchline.
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I have a lot of Republican friends.
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Don't wallow in brainstorming. Time spent fiddling with a business plan or filling up whiteboards with ideas is time that you could spend actually launching your business and seeing if the idea floats. Launching gives you real, solid feedback, instead of the imaginary 'what if' scenarios dreamed up in a conference room.
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I think that's the ultimate sign of a teammate and respect is that they compete against one another so hard at practice that here's a chance to share some knowledge inside. It takes some humility to do that.
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Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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The statues of Lenin and Stalin are down, but the fight against their ghosts seems harder.
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My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.
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A lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the face of the band.
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What gets in our way is history and culture and religion and economic conditions. It is part of the hypnosis of our social conditioning.
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...History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything.'
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The thing about Wes," Delia said to me, unwrapping another package of turkey, "is that he thinks he can fix anything. And if he can't fix it, he can at least do something with the pieces of what's broken.
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Tiger is the greatest thing that's happened to the tour in a long time. He has brought incredible attention to golf at a time of year when football and the World Series always take precedence. Everything I've heard about him seems to be true.
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And the rest is history,' I said. Nah.' He shook his head. 'The rest is now.
