"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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Source : "Earthly Paradise: Colette's Autobiography Drawn from the Writings of Her Life". Book by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, 1966.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#Girl Quotes #Needs Quotes #Waste Quotes

“I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.”
“Some people fast, some people go on a cruise or visit a day spa. I get out in the woods with a rifle or a bow. That's my release.”
“It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.”
“I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local and national elections.”
“Clearly, high energy prices will have a large negative effect on the California economy and could possibly drag the rest of the nation into a recession.”

Source : "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. April 11, 2001.
“Im not an insecure person, per se, but I just never saw myself as the girl who walks into a place and everybody goes, Wow.”
“As a kid, my idols were Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, and I get into crazy races with myself. Raimi was 21 when he made movies, and when I didn't get 'Cabin Fever' made that fast I thought I'd failed.”
“The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, it the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.”

Source : "Chuck Noll, Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers coach, dies at 82", www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2014.

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