Sarah Dessen Quotes
"Look," I said, "We knew Jason and Becky would be back, the break would end. This isn't a surprise, it's what's supposed to happen. It's what we wanted. Right?" "Is it?" he asked. "Is it what you want?" Whether he intended it to be or not, this was the final question, the last Truth. If I said what I really thought, I was opening myself up for a hurt bigger than I could even imagine. I didn't have it in me. We changed and altered so many rules, but it was this one, the only one when we'd started, that I would break. "Yes," I said.
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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
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Just because you used one set on one guy and had success doesn't mean you can use that exact set, that exact timing, the next time.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I couldn't wait to get to the clubs on weekends. I knew I wanted to make music.
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The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.
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Learning to write comics is, in fact, so bloody difficult because it's such a weird form that it does actually make you a bit more adaptable for other forms.
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France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.
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I wanted to see the score! What do you got to do that's so important? You can't join the religious cult with me!
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I would love to go back to Broadway.
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I go to bars and restaurants, and I sit and I eavesdrop on people and I watch people in shopping centers and, you know, I read the newspapers and I talk to the Trenton cops, and I just get a lot of information that comes in that somehow turns into a book.
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In my book, 'The Big Three in Economics,' I found that the press has frequently and prematurely written the obituary of Adam Smith and his free-market philosophy, only to see a new and more vibrant global marketplace reemerge after being savagely attacked by Keynesians, Marxists, and assorted socialists.
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It's a crazy busy schedule, but I still have two hours a day for school because it's a priority.
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I want to have a record with Beyonce or Lady Gaga. They are both my inspirations. Especially Beyonce.
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Robert De Niro... I had a chance to meet him, and I hope to get to work with him one day.
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My primary focus will be Malayalam films. I will choose from what comes my way and take a call irrespective of the language.
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My favorite movie is 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' with Clint Eastwood, a guy who gets his family killed by the bad guys then goes on a journey of revenge, eventually discovering himself - very existential.
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You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.
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I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!
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American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.
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If you want to talk about luck, we're normally sailing where it's 600 meters (2,000 feet) deep ... The good news is no one was hurt. The crew hardly got wet.
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I paused, only just now realizing that the subject was hitting a little close to home. "You know, getting hurt. Putting herself out there, opening up to someone." Yeah," he said adding some cheese straws to the cart, "but risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't." I picked up a box of cheese straws, examining it. "Yeah," I said. "But it's not all about chance, either.
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"Look," I said, "We knew Jason and Becky would be back, the break would end. This isn't a surprise, it's what's supposed to happen. It's what we wanted. Right?" "Is it?" he asked. "Is it what you want?" Whether he intended it to be or not, this was the final question, the last Truth. If I said what I really thought, I was opening myself up for a hurt bigger than I could even imagine. I didn't have it in me. We changed and altered so many rules, but it was this one, the only one when we'd started, that I would break. "Yes," I said.
