Sarah Dessen Quotes

I remembered Owen telling me how music had saved him in Phoenix, that it drowned everything out, and it was the same for me now. As long as I had something to listen to, I could blur the things I didn't want to think about, if not block them out completely.

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• When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'

  

  Ted Cruz
  • People
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  • Against

• When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.

  

  Larry MacPhail
  • Team
  • Play
  • Church

• If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • People
  • Think
  • Weakness

• I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Career
  • Education
  • First

• Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved.

  

  Francia Raisa
  • Dance
  • Exercise
  • Active

• There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Treasure
  • Pirate
  • Island

• Contrary to common belief, Christian fiction did not begin with Catherine Marshall, Janette Oke, or Frank Peretti.

  

  Randy Alcorn
  • Christian
  • Belief
  • Fiction

• When I was younger and first started watching MTV I loved watching TRL. I loved watching my favorite singers/bands perform.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • First
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  • Favorite

• The best thing about Mick Jagger is how uncalculating he is. He does what he wants to do and it feels right. He's not a dancer - neither am I.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Best
  • Right
  • Wants

• Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Writing
  • Difficult
  • Short

• It gets harder and harder to make sure your public understands you're a sensitive human being, but I am sensitive. I don't like to be hurt.

  

  Teddy Pendergrass
  • Hurt
  • Public
  • Sure

• Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad.

  

  Barbara Park
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Society

• Since Baby’s birth, she had learned that the first few months of motherhood were about fatigue and leakiness.

  

  Nalo Hopkinson
  • She
  • Baby
  • Motherhood

• It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

  

  Mary Wollstonecraft
  • World
  • Justice
  • Charity

• Women could never beat men physically. So we have to be stronger in other ways.

  

  Lela Loren
  • Men
  • Women

• I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart.

  

  Maureen O'Hara
  • Heart

• The effect of music on fashion has been immense, especially hip-hop and urban music.

  

  The Weeknd
  • Music
  • Fashion

• Porter Square Books was the only place I could find that was dog-friendly, work-friendly, and had food. I was there all the time.

  

  Matthew Pearl
  • Time
  • Work
  • Food

• The record was only released in the UK, and then when the idea for the remixed album came about, which was an idea that I've had for the longest time, I said this would be great song to remix as well, and so we did it.

  

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  • Time
  • Great
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• Mr Hitchens's policy has succeeded in making 10,000 new Bin Ladens.

  

  George Galloway

• Puerto Ricans, it doesn't matter where they live, it doesn't matter how long it's been since they visited the island, their hearts are there. If you keep them informed, and if you say to them, 'This is important for Puerto Rico, go and call your congressman,' they do it. They do it.

  

  Anibal Acevedo Vila
  • Important
  • Long
  • Live

• To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.

  

  William Cowper
  • Thinking
  • Eye
  • Liberty

• I remembered Owen telling me how music had saved him in Phoenix, that it drowned everything out, and it was the same for me now. As long as I had something to listen to, I could blur the things I didn't want to think about, if not block them out completely.

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Thinking
  • Long
  • Block