Sarah Dessen Quotes
He was looking at me, jsut as I'd thought he would be, but like Bert's, his light was not what I expected. No pity, no sadness: nothing had changed. I realized all the times I'd felt people stare at me, their faces had been pictures, abstracts. None of them were mirrors, able to reflect back the expression I thought one I wore, the feelings only I felt.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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Global issues require common responses: Only together we can create the conditions to defeat Daesh and al Qaeda, block channels for terrorist financing, tackle foreign terrorist fighters.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.
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I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.
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The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
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As soon as I get on my boat, something inside me changes. Then I really feel what living is.
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I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.
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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
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People who work in financial services don't have one shred of concern about the well-being of the people they serve. They're only interested in themselves.
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I really enjoy my philanthropic work, traveling around the world and helping people in need. That's a lot of fun for me. It's really rewarding. You're helping people, but it's helping you, too. It puts life in perspective when you come back and you say, 'Man, it's raining again in Minnesota.'
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We're all here for a limited amount of time, and life is difficult - not unfair, but difficult. The key is to really confront our fears because when we do, and when we look at them, we really begin to realize that we are capable of handling them.
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If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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He was looking at me, jsut as I'd thought he would be, but like Bert's, his light was not what I expected. No pity, no sadness: nothing had changed. I realized all the times I'd felt people stare at me, their faces had been pictures, abstracts. None of them were mirrors, able to reflect back the expression I thought one I wore, the feelings only I felt.
