Sarah Dessen Quotes
Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over.
 
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	The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.   
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	Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.   
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	I could find faults with all my albums because that's just a part of being an artist - it's hard being a human being, isn't it?   
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	My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.   
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	With aging, you earn the right to be loyal to yourself.   
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	I would never try to invalidate someone's opinion of something or the feelings something makes them feel.   
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	Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?   
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	But then I hit my 20s and only made two albums, and now I live in a ski resort as a ski bum basically.   
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	Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.   
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	I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.   
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	Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.   
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	When I first did 'The Fast and the Furious', I didn't want there to be a sequel on the first one. I thought, 'Why would you rush to do a sequel - just because your first film is successful?'   
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	You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.'   
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	The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.   
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	I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.   
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	You spend enough time with someone, you're going to have your run-ins.   
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	I do get most of the harder-to-get stories.   
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	In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.   
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	It's harder for me to relate to people who don't have families that are loud and crazy.   
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	One of my favorite graphic novels of all time is Grant Morrison's 'Earth-2.'   
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	I'm such a foodie, and I actually think I would rather lose my hearing than my taste.   
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	When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.   
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	If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.   
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	Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					