Sarah Dessen Quotes
Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you’ve lost something, even if you’re not sure what it is.
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This is my favorite area in New York - the West Village is the heart of New York. I could never move somewhere else.
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A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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And when people give me their word, I listen to them.
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The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.
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This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him very much, and we understood each other so well that it was a pleasure to make music.
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Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.
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So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.
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I had great stats in my career, you know, but really, you want to win.
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I want to work on things that aren't self-evident, to propose things that are radically different and game-changing.
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I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works.
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I've decided to study the MBA, as it's crucial to have comprehensive knowledge of business administration and management in running science technology institutes as well as making science-related policies.
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I like to post positive content, and I like to try and make people smile. That's why those videos are popular. I don't fake it.
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Many great founders have one or more big failures on their track record. What makes them great is that they eventually succeed despite that.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame.
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I'm a '70s mom, and my daughter is a '90s mom. I know a lot of women my age who are real computer freaks.
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A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.
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Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously invading the privacy of its citizens... Many innocents must be violated so that a few guilty people can be stopped. It's a digital stop-and-frisk...
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A problem defined, is a problem half solved.
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Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
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An ethical action, like an unethical action, is usually analyzed by politicians purely in pragmatic terms.
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Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you’ve lost something, even if you’re not sure what it is.
