Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (Colette) Quotes
It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
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When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.
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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
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I pride myself on definitely being more than a dunker.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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It is often suggested that the A.N.C. is controlled by the Communist Party, by Communists. Well, I have been long enough in the A.N.C. to know that that has never been true.
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This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next, and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom.
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The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we be surprised that they learned to leverage technology to build community, tweeting and texting and friending while their elders were still dialing long-distance?
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The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being doubted.
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I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one thing, or getting too drunk to really do a very good job.
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What's not to love about a crazy cat lady? You have to be very giving to be a crazy cat lady.
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I love to perform at benefits and charity fundraisers.
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As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.
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The name 'Republican' in some ways has been hijacked by obstructionists.
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In economics, one of the most important concepts is 'opportunity cost' - the idea that once you spend your money on something, you can't spend it again on something else.
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For valuing your own suffering sets on it the gold of a sun of pride. Suffering a lot can originate the illusion of being the Chosen of Pain.
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When he's happy, it makes you happy too.
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I had a friend in high school who badly wanted to make movies and would recruit me as an actor. It was always so much fun. I decided, I'm going to go to Hollywood and make movies, which is a thought I'd never had before.
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Nostalgia is not what it used to be.
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You're raising a kid and you give it food and shelter and, most importantly, you give it the feeling that it's special. I think people react to celebrities like that - I mean, they treat celebrities like children.
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
