Sarah Dessen Quotes
And so really, you have given me no choice but to take you shopping by force.” She sighed, then reached up, dropping her sunglasses down from their perch on her head to cover her eyes. “Do you even realize how happy the average teenage girl would be in your shoes? I have a credit card. We’re at the mall. I want to buy you things. It’s like adolescent nirvana.” - Cora
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'Die Antwoord' just has a nice ring to it.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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The digital revolution has also meant a revolution in access to information. This puts more power and knowledge into the hands of nonexperts.
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If the artists would just keep hammering away - unify, stick together - then music will become the king again, which is what it should be.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.
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Sometimes people ask me how old I am, and I have to stop and remember. I forget myself!
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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Randy said I could call him for anything, Paula said that she loved me and said how much of a star I was. Simon was like, keep up the good work and I'll have nothing to worry about.
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Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!
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Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
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I was always singing as a kid. That's honestly all I've ever wanted to do.
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The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
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What I really want is a commercial hit. If you're in a hit, you're suddenly a star, whether you acted well or not.
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My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say.
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Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel powerless. I know I can do something. But anyone can do something, it's not about being special. It's about deciding to do it - to dive into work for peace and justice and care for everybody on the planet.
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I was almost 8 years old when I was watching a kid on a TV commercial, and I told my mom that I wanted to do the same thing. She said that I would need to get an agent and that she would research it.
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I serve black tea, which I call Froggy tea. And I have green teas and all sorts of nice teas. I'm serving tea all the time.
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I think all my work's been about how do women get back into our bodies; how do men get back. We're all disassociated.
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... learning to love any one is like an increase of property, – it increases care, and brings many new fears lest precious things should come to harm.
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I love mentoring young filmmakers and girl filmmakers.
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I think the food giants are realizing that one of the big myths of them is that they can innovate.
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And so really, you have given me no choice but to take you shopping by force.” She sighed, then reached up, dropping her sunglasses down from their perch on her head to cover her eyes. “Do you even realize how happy the average teenage girl would be in your shoes? I have a credit card. We’re at the mall. I want to buy you things. It’s like adolescent nirvana.” - Cora
