Sarah Dessen Quotes
I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what I know.
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I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.
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The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
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On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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The E.U. intends to be one of the biggest humanitarian donors on the Syrian crisis.
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Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.
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Facts are, directors are not thinking of me; they think I only act in my films, because they're stupid. Or they think I'm a control freak, that I will try to, I don't know, pimp their scripts and just change everything, which I will never do.
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One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
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When I was younger, I liked money - the feel of it. I would sit with my dad and count his coins and be like, 'Yeah.' I'd saved £700 by the age of 10. I thought: 'What the hell am I hoarding this for?' So I bought a drum kit.
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At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.
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Even one's own home is a kind of anthology of advertisers, manufacturers, motifs and presentation techniques. There's nothing 'natural' about one's home these days. The furnishings, the fabrics, the furniture, the appliances, the TV, and all the electronic equipment - we're living inside commercials.
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I don't know what 'normal' means, anyway.
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From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
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I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
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I can't avoid the interest in the fact that I'm an injured female soldier.
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Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family background, so art was a way of reinventing myself.
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Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.
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I can go completely berserk with the makeup, depending on the event. I'm currently in this very mod stage. I wear false lashes and color on my eyelids. I'm really liking shiny eyelids in copper, rose, gold, or silver.
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By centering our lives on correct principles and creating a balanced focus between doing and increasing our ability to do, we become empowered to the task of creating effective useful and peaceful lives.
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A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.
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The power and magic of music lie in its intangibility and its limitlessness. It suggests images, but leaves us free to choose them and to accommodate them to our pleasure.
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I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what I know.
