Jean Patou Quotes
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There's something about a divorce in that even if your parents still love you, the fact that they can't live with each other makes you feel there's something wrong with you.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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There is so much life underneath the water that we don't know about.
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Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.
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Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.
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If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!
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Everything that I hate about myself goes away when I was onstage.
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So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.
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When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players.
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I played without fear. I've done that since I first kicked a ball in my back garden as a five-year-old, whether it's been my first game, my 100th game, or my 500th game.
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How sweet to be a cloudFloating in the blue.
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I have lesbian impulses, so I understand how a man looks at a woman. … When I was growing up, it wasn't possible for me to do anything about my attraction to women. Lesbianism didn't exist in that time, as far as I knew.
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Unjust Cause: This art is worth more than ten thousand staters, that one should choose the worse cause, and nevertheless be victorious. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
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One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.
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She had heard Papa sing so many songs about the heart; the heart that was breaking - was aching - was dancing -was heavy laden - that leaped for joy - that was heavy in sorrow - that turned over - that stood still. She really believed the heart actually did those things.
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Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a concept - to really get a concept. To get it enough that it becomes part of me. But when it happens I get real excited about it.
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Very few people can truly divorce themselves from what they feel emotionally and sexually.
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To be truly 'soigne,' a man should have 80 suits.
