Sarah Dessen Quotes
From this distance, in the dimness, the model looked surreal, made up of parts filled with buildings, bordered by long stretches of empty space. It reminded me of the way cities and towns look when you are flying at night. You can't make out much. But the places where people have come together, and stayed, are collections of tiny lights, breaking up the darkness.
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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or silly critical fads.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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There is no requirement that police stop a person who enters a police station and states that he wishes to confess a crime or a person who calls the police to offer a confession because volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the 5th Amendment.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest in the promotion of democracy in this hemisphere.
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.
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It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.
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Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.
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When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
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I don't feel that electronic music has to stand on the back of urban artists or anyone else to be recognized. It's great music.
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I like to have sleepovers.
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As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.
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I suspect that a lot of studio executives still think of me as 'what's-his-name'.
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I learned how quickly I could go from having never met someone to having the world think I'm dating them.
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One reason the Founding Fathers thought that states should have two senators was so that smaller states wouldn't get run over and could bring their interests to the attention of the Senate more broadly.
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Not many people whose series gets cancelled get to come and put the period at the end of the sentence.
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From this distance, in the dimness, the model looked surreal, made up of parts filled with buildings, bordered by long stretches of empty space. It reminded me of the way cities and towns look when you are flying at night. You can't make out much. But the places where people have come together, and stayed, are collections of tiny lights, breaking up the darkness.
