Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (Colette) Quotes
So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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I'm an enormous Tim Burton fan.
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My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot.
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We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
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The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.
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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.
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With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.
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Something is missing in our culture. We can't quite celebrate the scientific literary tradition.
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You cannot run faster than a bullet.
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With His love, you can wake up every day with an attitude of faith and expectancy.
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An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.
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Lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in. It's change you can Xerox.
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Steve Martin in 'All of Me,' when he did that whole thing where he was possessed by the spirit in his body? It was brilliant.
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Perhaps the critics are right: this generation may not produce literature equal to that of any past generation-who cares? The writer will be dead before anyone can judge him-but he must go on writing, reflecting disorder, defeat, despair, should that be all he sees at the moment, but ever searching for the elusive love, joy, and hope-qualities which, as in the act of life itself, are best when they have to be struggled for, and are not commonly come by with much ease, either by a critic's formula or by a critic's yearning.
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Light is more important than the lantern, The poem more important than the notebook.
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So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.
