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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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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'I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower.' That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing.
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We live in a connected world now. Some find that frightening. If people are downloading our music, they're listening to it. The internet is like radio for us.
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You have found that you were more secure before you accumulated so much. See what greed has imposed on you: You have filled your house and now you fear burglars. You have hoarded money and lost sleep. See what greed has commanded you: "Do this!" And you did it.
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I loved working with Stephen Frears. He's a really fantastic director. He knows what he wants and how to get it.
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Nothing is more dreadful than a husband who keeps telling you everything he thinks, and always wants to know what you think.
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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.
