Sarah Dessen Quotes
In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at the same time, this collection of weeks when anything was possible.
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My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if I'm not there. I'm coming in there, and it's like a – I don't know the English word – like a passage.
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I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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I love ice cream, and I love chocolate.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
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Politics is a people business. I like people.
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I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.
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My father died when I was only five years old, and that was the moment when I learned a cruel lesson that tomorrow, in fact, might not be another day.
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Abraham Lincoln was killed by the forces of white supremacy.
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I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical; it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.
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History will treat me right.
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People come out of the mid-west and go to the Ivy League. I kind of reversed the direction.
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Blanching the cloves removes the harsh and bitter bite of raw garlic.
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We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.
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I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.
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These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear.
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My first job was as a groundskeeper at the local ballpark in the town where I grew up. There was a lot of down time, and I got to drive tractor, so it was pretty good gig. I've also taught creative writing, dabbled in reviewing and journalism, and toiled as a screenwriter.
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My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive reader. She had only been through five grades of elementary school, but she was a member of the municipal library, and she brought home two or three books a week for me. They could be dime novels or Balzac.
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We evaluate all business decisions based on how we can best serve public school teachers and their students.
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In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at the same time, this collection of weeks when anything was possible.
