Sarah Dessen Quotes

This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud. I should have been with him; she should have left him alone. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.

Sarah Dessen

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• Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

  

  Isaac Asimov
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• Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.

  

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• 'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.

  

  Ian McShane
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• Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.

  

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• May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.

  

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• I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of the community, so I do as much as I possibly can for our community and for our rights, so it's nice that everyone is supporting me as well.

  

  Tabatha Coffey
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• If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Nature
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• If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.

  

  Edmund Wilson
  • Heart
  • Remember
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• There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.

  

  Eddie Plank
  • Believe
  • First
  • Old

• After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Writing
  • Love
  • Perfect

• You want somebody who's capable of being diverse in the characters they play, and you want a big name that's going to bring attention to the filmmakers and to the project.

  

  Dana Brunetti
  • Want
  • Attention
  • Name

• Jeans fit the mature male one of two ways, both dirigible in nature. You make a public impression that's either Hindenburg or Goodyear blimp.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Nature
  • You
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• I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

  

  Zinedine Zidane
  • People
  • Happy
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• I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Time
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• I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party.

  

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• I find it shameful that in nearly all the universities of Europe, Palestinian students sponsor and nurture anti-Semitism.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Find
  • Students
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• What you start learning is that to get over a breakup, you kind of have to live through the emotions and not run away from it because then it lasts longer.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Live
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  • Start

• The best-humour'd man, with the worst-humour'd Muse.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith

• I was on the floor in the emergency room, and the woman came up to me and said 'Hi, my name is Gwen and I'm here to wash your vagina!'

  

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• You want to dance. You want to sing. Yeah, that feeling, of course, is beyond recollection really.

  

  Peter Daniell Doherty Babyshambles
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  • Feelings
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• The more clearly a principle is understood by the intellect, the more inexcusable is the neglect to put it into practice.

  

  Allan Kardec
  • Practice
  • Intellect
  • Principle

• If we can develop the ability to be aware of the present moment, we can use the past as a guide for ordering our actions in the future, so that we may attain our goal.

  

  S. N. Goenka
  • May
  • Future
  • Past

• This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud. I should have been with him; she should have left him alone. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Past
  • Alone
  • Secret