Sarah Dessen Quotes
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed, and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control.
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My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.
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America has much greatness left in her.
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I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
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I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important.
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If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?
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Medicine may be the lens through which I see the world, but since I think of medicine as 'life +', a place where life is exaggerated and seen at its most vital and poignant, I'll be writing about life more than I will be writing about medicine.
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Rome is a city I love very much. I have lived there since I was a child.
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I was already in a band, and the teachers called my mum in and said: 'Abbey's so clever, it's a total waste if she follows her dream'. But I never wanted to do a job I didn't love, and I'd always wanted to be a model or an actress or a singer.
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It will be exciting to have my child share my career and to remember what I was like when I was young.
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America is a world leader, but we should not be its policeman or ATM.
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When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.
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I have no problem with the security... It's something that must be done for the times in which we live. Safety first.
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I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.
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In Russia, we eat a lot of heavy food like potatoes and lots of meat. I can't eat one apple or a salad a day. You wouldn't want to come talk to me if I don't eat. I have to eat, or I am in a really bad mood.
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You've given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.
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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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Never be discontent with the life you've been dealt, be discontent with the way you're living it.
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Lifestyle is an terrible, unpleasant put to not have a very finest buddy.
