Sarah Dessen Quotes
I'm always hopeful. I feel like I'm at the prom sitting against the wall waiting for someone to ask me to dance.
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'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.
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I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.
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The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
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Most people who are on the inside of a technology have no idea what it's like to look at from an end user's point of view. This is why they have focus groups. I'm really familiar with this because I worked 10 years for Hallmark Cards in the U.S.
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I used to love going and playing jam sessions, doing things spontaneously. I can't do that anymore. Everything you do is documented, nothing is casual anymore.
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All I can say is, I don't encourage younger kids to read my books, and actually, the biggest age group on my Facebook page is 25- to 35-year-old women.
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Since almost all Negroes are workers, live on wages, and suffer from the high cost of food, clothing and shelter, it is obvious that the Republican and Democratic Parties are opposed to their interests.
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I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter. The conductor would just rip into me, and it lasted for years.
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I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.
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Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened.
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I believe in peace-building in any kind of platform, be it a political platform like Parliament or negotiations like peace-building negotiations.
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I try to stay in decent shape.
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I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.
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I have no mockings or arguments; I witness and wait.
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There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
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If a startup stays in Microsoft, it does not have a chance, because all it tries to do goes against what Microsoft is about.
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Losers are more like the rest of us. They make mistakes they can't take back.
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There is too much employer-employee relationship in America. I wish the musicians would feel that many decisions have to do with them and not delegate everything to management or to the board or to the committee. This is why you get a sense of pride in some of the European orchestras: because they are part of the decision-making.
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It gives me a chance to explore so many dynamics - that's what we actors dream of doing. So, I love playing the villain.
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I'm always hopeful. I feel like I'm at the prom sitting against the wall waiting for someone to ask me to dance.
