Sarah Dessen Quotes

Lissa lowered her voice and added, "I might not even go to school anyway. I might defer and join the Peace Corps and go to Africa and shave my head and dig latrines." "Shave your head?" I said, because, really, this was the most ludicrous part of the whole thing. "You? Do you have any idea how ugly most people's bare heads are? They've got all kinds of bumps, Lissa. And you won't know until it's too late and you're flat-out bald.

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• It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Want
  • Problem
  • Complexity

• Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.

  

  Carli Lloyd
  • Fitness
  • Mental
  • Strengths

• I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.

  

  Damian Woetzel
  • Want
  • Science
  • Learning

• Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • Taxes
  • Legal
  • Collecting

• I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Six
  • saw
  • Pilot

• There's a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there's a sentimentality.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Good
  • Think
  • Down

• Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Religion
  • Recognition

• If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Life
  • Story
  • Life Story

• Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Care
  • Win
  • Environmental

• There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

  

  Nancy Kerrigan
  • Good
  • Age
  • Practice

• I'm definitely not getting married. In this business, you're either getting married or they want you to be pregnant. I'm not getting married until I'm forty. If ever.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Business
  • Want
  • You

• By itself, tofu is like wet foam rubber, but you'd no more eat it by itself and expect fine dining than you would stare at a blank canvas and expect to see fine art.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Art
  • See
  • Canvas

• I want to do movies but not talk about them.

  Nastassja Kinski
  • Want
  • Movies
  • Talk

• It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.

  

  Quintilian
  • Mind
  • Effort
  • Teacher

• I am very concerned that federal and state air quality programs do not consider public health in regulating certain classes of industrial air emissions.

  

  Kate Brown
  • Health
  • Quality
  • Air

• I know one business, and that's how to make software.

  

  Xavier Niel
  • Business
  • Know
  • Software

• It's difficult to say what attracts one person to another. It's always a combination, isn't it? I've always found people interesting because of the way they think, and a sense of humour is irresistible.

  

  Felicity Kendal
  • People
  • Think
  • Interesting

• The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Time
  • Experience
  • Sky

• One of the key drivers of Ireland's future is our balance of trade surplus.

  

  Enda Kenny
  • Future
  • Balance

• If you want to be important-wonderful. If you want to be recognized-wonderful. If you want to be great-wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Wonderful
  • Recognize
  • Servant

• My job is to follow the law, not to make up the law that has been promulgated by the people or the people's representatives.

  

  Charles T. Canady
  • People
  • Up
  • Job

• To be the Grand Marshal of the most recognized Halloween parade in the world is so much fun. People plan for months and months to design their costumes, and it is amazing. It is a true competition and amazing to watch everyone.

  

  Elvis Duran
  • People
  • World
  • True

• I think the way WWE Studios is going now - they're going away from action, doing more drama, more comedy - it will open a lot of people's eyes. Because a lot of people see big guy, big frame: action superstar. We've proven, especially with 'Legendary,' that that is not always the case.

  

  John Cena
  • People
  • Guy
  • Action

• Lissa lowered her voice and added, "I might not even go to school anyway. I might defer and join the Peace Corps and go to Africa and shave my head and dig latrines." "Shave your head?" I said, because, really, this was the most ludicrous part of the whole thing. "You? Do you have any idea how ugly most people's bare heads are? They've got all kinds of bumps, Lissa. And you won't know until it's too late and you're flat-out bald.

  

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