Sarah Dessen Quotes
So he didn't have to prove how he felt about me. Like so much else, I should just know.
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I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my friend, you're my wife, you're my girlfriend, you're my co-worker. This is your box, and you're not allowed to stray outside of it.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.
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In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief... All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.
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I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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We have, essentially, a worthless democracy.
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People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'
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The average full-time working male works more than a full-time working female.
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Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
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The rich are becoming richer, and the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger.
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There were many years when I was hand-to-mouth and didn't know how I was gonna make rent. I've done every job under the sun, from busing tables, temping, and working in factories to SAT prep and detailing cars. So to be able to make a living where all I do is write is absolutely liberating.
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I know how long it takes me to draw a page, how long it takes me to complete a project, how long I can work before my hand gives out, that sort of thing.
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It's easier to be ignorant and say I don't know about the problem. But once you know, once you've seen it in their eyes, then you have a responsibility to do something. There is strength in numbers, and if we all work together as a team, we can be unstoppable.
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My name is Marshall Mathers, I'm an alcoholic, I have a disease and they don't know what to call it.
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So he didn't have to prove how he felt about me. Like so much else, I should just know.
