Sarah Dessen Quotes
I think my biggest problem, though, at least in drafts, is not repeating myself. After eight books I get worried that a character or piece of dialog might be too much like something I've already done. So it's a challenge to keep it fresh.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
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I don't think the economy telegraphs very clearly where it's going.
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To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary.
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
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I would like to get a good education, get married, and have kids.
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If there's ever any point in my life where I could meet Jennifer Aniston, I think that'd be pretty incredible!
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Every two weeks, I'd get a small pay-check and notice the line where federal and state income taxes were deducted from my wages. At least as often, our drug-addict neighbor would buy T-bone steaks, which I was too poor to buy for myself but was forced by Uncle Sam to buy for someone else.
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A nation never falls but by suicide.
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Folks should do their own fuckin', then they wouldn't want to listen to a lot of clatfart about another man's.
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Everything is a dangerous drug to me except reality, which is unendurable.
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I didn't even know 'Vogue' existed when I was growing up.
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I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.
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I ended up at fifty, over-the-hill, thinking I had no future. Finally, I realized that I had allowed myself to write less than I could. ... As writers true to ourselves, it will always be hard, and if we're good, we'll always be in trouble. Let's be sure we deserve it.
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I wrote the book 'Grace, Gold & Glory' because I had to overcome many challenges and hardships. I wanted to share my story to let anyone facing hardships know that your dream is still possible.
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You are the weirdest girl ever.” “Please. You live with Eve.
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My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.
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I think my biggest problem, though, at least in drafts, is not repeating myself. After eight books I get worried that a character or piece of dialog might be too much like something I've already done. So it's a challenge to keep it fresh.
