Sarah Dessen Quotes
Not everything's perfect, especially in the beginning. And its all right to have a little bit of regret every once in a while. It's when you feel it all the time and can't do anything about it... that's when you get into trouble
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It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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The two most important things that can be done to promote democracy in the world is first, to bring moral clarity back to world affairs and second, to link international policies to the advance of democracy around the globe.
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I am not one of those people who believe that MLK achieved more in martyrdom than he could have if he'd lived: imagine what a guiding influence he could have on the world were he still among us.
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I'ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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I don't go by trends. I wear what I am comfortable in and what suits me. It is never about what is 'in' and what is 'out'. My personal sense of style spells 'comfort'.
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In a way, 'Like Crazy' keys into our generation, this idea of now we can still be in communication. Where do the boundaries of relationships end?
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We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.
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There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
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Only conviction sells. Well, when we are insecure, we really don't have that 100 percent conviction. Once we have it, we can tide over everything.
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Actually, lots of women, when they're pregnant, feel like steel. They feel incredible.
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I very, very much want to be involved in helping those senators, congressmen, and women who support the principles that made America great.
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My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.
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The Internet is a limitless library at your fingertips. It's a great place to start with the acquisition of knowledge. My process is to go to a place when I'm writing about it. Nothing captures the essence, feeling and flavor of a place better than when I'm actually there and doing the writing.
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I grow gnomic. It is the last phase.
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Reaganomics: You start a business in your parents' garage. Obamanomics: You move into your parents' garage.
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I have endeavored to dissipate these religious superstitions from the minds of women, and base their faith on science and reason, where I found for myself at last that peace and comfort I could never find in the Bible and the church.
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Al Qaeda attacked the U.S.S. Cole and bombed several U.S. embassies in East Africa in the late 1990s. We knew who did it, but we didn't go after them. Instead, we beefed up security at our embassies and changed the Navy's rules of engagement. It only served to embolden Al Qaeda.
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Show me, dear Christ, Thy spouse, so bright and clear.
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I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.
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It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
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Not everything's perfect, especially in the beginning. And its all right to have a little bit of regret every once in a while. It's when you feel it all the time and can't do anything about it... that's when you get into trouble
