Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (Colette) Quotes
There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
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I really honestly can't see myself as a lawyer. It's pretty much safe to say I'll never become one.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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I was raised Catholic, and my grandmother taught me to stay. As a teenager, I thought if you went on a date, you should stay for a couple of years. I didn't realize that if he wasn't your cup of tea, you got to leave.
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People around me like me the best when I'm depressed because I'm a bit more passive.
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People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but it's good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.
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Sin thrives in the dungeon, but slap it on the table for all to see, and it withers rather quickly.
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So far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are human: and it is better, in a paradoxical way, to do evil than to do nothing: at least we exist.
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Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.
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The best thing about having my very first audition lead me to an Oscar nomination means that I don't have to struggle the rest of my career to be nominated for an Oscar, to prove that I'm a great actress, because I've already done it. Now I can do things that just make me happy.
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This power that I'm supposed to have over women was never noticed when I was a stage actor on Broadway. I don't know when I got it. And by God, I can't explain it.
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Organized religious institutions are in for a huge transformation, for the simple reason that people have become genuinely religious in spite of them.
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I'm very artistic - I feel like ever since I was born I've been drawing. I actually have a picture in my room that I painted, and people are always like "Where did you buy that?" It's cool that people are impressed by it.
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I did photography in summer camp; I did it in high school. The only hard decision I've had to make was whether to go towards photo or film. And I ultimately realized that the type of photo I was interested in was actually photojournalism. And it's a very individualist career, whereas film is a very team-driven medium. So that's why I chose film.
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For me, it's just always about trying to tell stories that I care about.
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I shift between mediums very frequently. Instead of taking a break from writing, I just write in a different medium or in a different way or for a different purpose, so that I don't actually stop writing - I just go to something else. Like going from a big symphony to a piano piece is great and very refreshing, I find. And then going from that to a big concerto, and then having to go out and play.
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Building new roads and bridges creates jobs. Growing our exports creates jobs. Reforming our outdated tax system and our broken immigration system creates jobs.
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In being wildly natural we recover best from being unnatural, from being spiritual.
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I dedicated all the time I had to it. The 10 hour workout was just what I put in the magazine at the time, but for me it was every waking moment.
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There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
