Sarah Dessen Quotes
Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and spice and everything nice, which encourages them not to be assertive. And that, in turn, then leads to low self-esteem, which can lead to eating disorders and increased tolerance and acceptance of domestic, sexual, and substance abuse." "You get all that from a pink Onesie?" Leah said after a moment.
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Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what.
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I like big thinkers who, no matter how big their vision, can sit down and talk to me about hour-to-hour, day-to-day type stuff they do to move the ball forward.
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'Die Antwoord' just has a nice ring to it.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
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I think riots happen when communities are under pressure for long periods of time. That's not a mistake.
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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.
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The 'M*A*S*H' cast loves each other with unconditional love; our domestic animals love us with unconditional love.
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Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.
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Now we're here in 2009. My boys are 16 and 18, one's going to USC film school, and the other seems to be a natural comedian. So now I have to go back into show business as a senior comedian. So I hope to get Walter Brennan-type roles, Gabby Hayes kind of stuff, be the old-timer. We'll see what happens.
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I think I'm expected to behave in a certain manner.
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It's a classic album. If it ain't better than 'The Truth,' it's right there with it. I wouldn't say it if I ain't think so, 'cause 'The Truth' was my baby. That's the pure album.
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For me, standup will always be some part of my life, and other things will move around and find their place.
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The name 'Republican' in some ways has been hijacked by obstructionists.
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The whole idea of 'Death Line' was to kind of highlight class distinctions in England more than to make a scary movie, and I just kind of wrapped my political treatise of the class distinctions in England in this movie.
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People ask about dictators, 'Why?' But dictators themselves ask, 'Why not?'
Garry Kasparov
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The New York gallery scene being as incredibly overpopulated and overmoneyed as it is, deep conflicts and contradictions aren't hard to find.
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Beings differ in the potentiality of their awareness.
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Education is neither eastern nor western.
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The most meaningless term in the English language is 'I take full responsibility.' When a politician utters those words it means absolutely nothing.
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There's never been anything like this in my tenure.
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Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and spice and everything nice, which encourages them not to be assertive. And that, in turn, then leads to low self-esteem, which can lead to eating disorders and increased tolerance and acceptance of domestic, sexual, and substance abuse." "You get all that from a pink Onesie?" Leah said after a moment.
