Adam Silvera Quotes
There are happy stories out there, but I think some of them may raise false expectations for teens.
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The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
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To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it's the way we're made.
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I feel like I am doing a lot, but if someone asks me what exactly I have accomplished, I don't know... putting my son to sleep, feeding him, taking care of things in the house amount to a lot of work. But, yes, I haven't arrested 14 criminals in one day or saved the world or anything of that sort!
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I've always watched the political shows.
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Pete Wilson deregulated energy as a pay out to Enron, and we blamed Gray Davis.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.
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Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments.
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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
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You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not going to risk breaking a leg. I want to be dancing the way I'm dancing now for 30 more years.
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The United States of America was formed to honor the word of God.
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'Never Forget You' was the first song I co-wrote.
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Fellini was a little lofty for a teenage boy, but certainly he was a huge influence.
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You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.
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The Bookshop has a thousand books,
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I like the stories with the historical themes.
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I think, as long as you tell real stories, I think people will respond to it no matter whether or not it's in the context of super heroes.
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Sending grown-ups up the wall is one of the things adolescence is all about. A few years ago it was done with rock 'n' roll music. Now at least they can do it quietly with a home computer.
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We had set out in a rain of flowers to seek the death of heroes. The war was our dream of greatness, power and glory. It was a man's work, a duel on the fields whose flowers would be stained with blood. There is no lovelier death in the world... Anything rather than stay at home, anything to make one with the rest.
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There are happy stories out there, but I think some of them may raise false expectations for teens.
