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GABRIELLE UNION I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we cal... SIDONIE GABRIELLE There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do... GABRIELLE UNION I don't understand thesis statements. I do realize they are a necessary part of essays and papers du... GABRIELLE GLINSKI Dance is just song in a physical form. GABRIELLE GLINSKI Life writes itself as it pleases, and doesn't care if it gets off topic or has an interesting beginn... GABRIELLE GLINSKI But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday. GABRIELLE UNION The more the heart is nourished with happiness, the more it is insatiable. GABRIELLE ROY The more the heart is sated with joy, the more it becomes insatiable. GABRIELLE ROY Maybe my story's only waiting for an honest person to pick up the book. GABRIELLE GLINSKI And hard times are good in their own way, too. Because the only way you can achieve true happiness i... GABRIELLE WILLIAMS Turn the page, your heroine is still there, breathe, relax, life is beautiful: you're in a book! GABRIELLE DUBOIS If you don't know one thing about Kid Rock it's that he's loyal. His band has been toget... GABRIELLE REECE I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people... GABRIELLE UNION You think this is something that happens to other people, this is what you read about. GABRIELLE UNION Hour-longs are like doing movies that never end, ... City of Angels. GABRIELLE UNION The X-Files. GABRIELLE UNION My summer got cut a little short, GABRIELLE UNION I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops be... GABRIELLE UNION There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a ... SIDONIE GABRIELLE What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised SIDONIE GABRIELLE By associating with the cat one only risks becoming richer. SIDONIE GABRIELLE Truffles must come to the table in their own stock [and] as you break open this jewel sprung from a ... SIDONIE GABRIELLE A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude SIDONIE GABRIELLE How do you like them? like a pear, a lemon, a la Montgolfier, half an apple, or a cantaloupe? Go and... SIDONIE GABRIELLE Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger. SIDONIE GABRIELLE It turns out that an adult muscle cell's capacity to repair damaged muscle is directly related to wh... GABRIELLE KARDON My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the ... SIDONIE GABRIELLE The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives. SIDONIE GABRIELLE I want to be Miss USA or Miss America. I would bring the trophy back to Nebraska. My interests are a... GABRIELLE UNION My parents are music fans, even though neither of them play an instrument. I was exposed to their re... GABRIELLE APLIN No happiness in the writer, no happiness in the reader. GABRIELLE DUBOIS Let's read as if books were to disappear tomorrow! GABRIELLE DUBOIS It hit me like a ton of bricks, GABRIELLE MURPHY Why do we do so few when we can do so much? GABRIELLE DUBOIS The cat is the animal to whom the Creator gave the biggest eye, the softest fur, the most supremely ... SIDONIE GABRIELLE There are no ordinary cats. SIDONIE GABRIELLE No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object. SIDONIE GABRIELLE I love nudity. I'm always nude. When I was a little girl my mother would always have to dress me bec... GABRIELLE RICHENS In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly t... SIDONIE GABRIELLE In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis. GABRIELLE UNION To begin your commitment to new perceptions, start by paying attention to attack thoughts toward you... GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN Miracle Message #30: If my environment dictates my mood, then my life will feel like a roller coaste... GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN I choose to reinterpret my fears with a more loving perspective. #MiraclesNow GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN Forgiveness tears down the ego’s walls of separation and reunites us as one. The anger and fear of... GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN Whenever you notice your thoughts detour into attack mode, say out loud or to yourself: Happiness is... GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN Miracle Message #16: “Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.” — Dr. ... GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN