Sarah Dessen Quotes
I know you guys have some sort of weird thing going on, with that game you play and everything—" "It's called a friendship.
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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.
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A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Then when you see a film later, it can be infuriating, really disappointing. I've been very lucky, though, and so many of my early experiences were great.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I always have a book that I write during competition. I need it with me, just to read back and reflect and look forward. If I'm feeling anxious, it helps me.
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Children in schools need to have something to do with music and learn it the way they do literature, geography and biology.
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The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students.
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When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.
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I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo.
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The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
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God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant.
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People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true: People were taken from Africa, among them healers and priests, and were made into slaves.
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I don't mind dying before you do. In fact, I rather prefer it that way.
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There's this brutal imperial power, that my passport says I represent.But it will never represent where my heart lives, only vaguely where it went.
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Politics is a game of compromise.
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For some reason, our media are fascinated by stories that appear to harm American National interests.
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My first week at Stanford, I bought a computer, and it was the first computer I ever owned. I had to be taught how to turn it on and even how to use a mouse, even though, for a lot of people, a mouse is very intuitive.
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I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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I know you guys have some sort of weird thing going on, with that game you play and everything—" "It's called a friendship.
