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Jeanette LeBlanc
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Life is a journey of faces. Each face sees a new group of people changing the face of life and livin... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Who are we if not the stories we pass down? What happens when there's no one left to tell those stor... CARRIE RYAN We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It i... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind.... GAUTAMA BUDDHA Pastor Smith did not have the religious constitution needed to provide salvation for any of us who�... CHERYL R COWTAN And what good is a voice when so few will listen? STACEY JAY The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the... C. JOYBELL C. If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your... THICH NHAT HANH An Indigo Bunting let out a trill, a cheery song, reminding me of better days, of hope and happiness... CHERYL R COWTAN Today the same thing over. I've got it up the tree again. MARK TWAIN God created us in his image, male and female, with personhood and sexual passions, so that when he c... JOHN PIPER Anger - a beast within us that needs taming. SARU SINGHAL If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I will not die. FRIEDL AND THE CHILDREN OF TEREZIN Eros (or call it lust if you will), is like a beautiful, magnificent Afghan Hound! A pure white Afgh... C. JOYBELL C. To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN When each and every believer rises up to serve others and function according to their capacity, the ... HENRY HON Your past doesn't actually exist. What you think is your past is a tiny blip of electricity in your ... DAN PEARCE The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never... RICK RIORDAN New generations want to buy their own brands, ... They don't necessarily want to buy a brand that's ... ESTEE LAUDER We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth ha... L.M. MONTGOMERY He who knows the past well can best explain the present and can tell the probable certainties and un... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Everyone gets dumped and everyone gets hurt and there's karma to love in regards to what you'... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commerc... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I don't think she's a lesbian. I think she just ran out of men. [Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. I... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I really like the look of the 1950s, lots of suburban Americana influences. I'm 5'4', so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am very curvy, so the vintage stores suit me better than most designers. I just can't seem to ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I have quite a lot of plastic sunglasses. It's just a nice accessory, it adds a final thing, and... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life gro... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so tr... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like tha... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star ha... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Love is really my nemesis. I never really allowed myself to indulge in such basic things because I w... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Britney Spears is a big influence. Huge. I think people thought I was joking about that for a long t... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford] SEX AND THE CITY I criticized the whole American songwriting industry and the pop side of it and I was bitter about i... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I often take things I find in vintage crawls and hand them to a very good seamstress, who then repli... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I've read every Madonna biography. I've also looked up every pop star to see how they first ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Oh my God, she's fashion road-kill! SEX AND THE CITY I love you, but I love myself more. SEX AND THE CITY Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had ne... SEX AND THE CITY Desperate Housewives. SEX AND THE CITY Sean (while ice-skating with Carrie): I'm guessing it's easier to balance when you're not smoking.Ca... SEX AND THE CITY I want you to look at me, connect with me. This is lovemaking, it's not a porno flick. [Maria] SEX AND THE CITY I once was broken up with by a guy's doorman. 'I'm sorry Ms. Hobbes, Jonathan won't be coming down. ... SEX AND THE CITY I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the worl... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playi... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am absolutely not a roll-on-stage kind of girl! I would be totally freaked out if I didn't war... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS It's a slippery slope, Carrie. Without boundaries you never know what might happen. [Miranda] SEX AND THE CITY the sort of person who'd back Proposition 14. SEX AND THE CITY A stud is born! [Stanford] SEX AND THE CITY Maybe we should get married.[Charlotte] Alrighty.[Trey] SEX AND THE CITY My Zen teacher also said: the only way to true happiness is to live in the moment and not worry abou... SEX AND THE CITY Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. SEX AND THE CITY No lady likes to dance or dine, accompanied by a porcupine. Burma Shave. SEX AND THE CITY I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS What's the big mystery? It's my vagina, not the sphinx! [Miranda] SEX AND THE CITY My style icons are Leigh Lezark, Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson. MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not relig... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm masquerading as an innocent pop star. MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS the lights fade to black. SEX AND THE CITY Yeah, I would love to. I don't know if I'd do another singing one. SEX AND THE CITY Bellhop: "this is a non-smoking floor."Carrie: "I have an addiction sir!" SEX AND THE CITY F*** me badly once, shame on you. F*** me badly twice, shame on me. SEX AND THE CITY Hasty Pudding is no small potatoes (sorry to mix the food references), known for its famous alumni a... SEX AND THE CITY I knew I wanted a handbag, but they were so pricey. I love Marc Jacobs. SEX AND THE CITY All other documents in the Getty's possession that could in any way be relevant to the Italian inves... SEX AND THE CITY 'Rome' vital to HBO TV empire. SEX AND THE CITY Sex and the City. SEX AND THE CITY Suicide is not glamorous and should not be portrayed in a glamorous light. SEX AND THE CITY When an opportunity comes, I don't question it. I grab it, drop its ring on the nightstand and swing... SEX AND THE CITY Having money isn't the answer but it makes your life a hell of a lot nicer. If you have the choice t... SEX AND THE CITY Despite the fact that there are over eight million people on the island of Manhattan, there are time... SEX AND THE CITY When Charlotte really liked somebody she said their whole name. It helped her picture their future m... SEX AND THE CITY I love you but it's not my job to fix your finances. [Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY It took me a really long time to get here, but I'm here. Carrie, you're the one. [Mr.Big] SEX AND THE CITY Life is not all about sex. [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY When Charles Dickens wrote "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," I believe he must ... SEX AND THE CITY From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is. [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there. SEX AND THE CITY Maybe all men are a drug. Sometimes they bring you down and sometimes, like now, they get you so hig... SEX AND THE CITY My character, she's kind of gotten away with her looks, gotten away with her ability to charm people... SEX AND THE CITY I admit it's tempting to wish for the perfect boss - the perfect parent - or the perfect outfit. But... SEX AND THE CITY Charlotte: So how are you? Carrie: I'm good. How are you? Charlotte: Great. Carrie: I to... SEX AND THE CITY I had often fantasized about running into my ex and his wife. But in those fantasies, I was running ... SEX AND THE CITY From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be truehe probably is. [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY I'm thinking balls are to men what purses are to women. It's just a little bag, but we feel naked in... SEX AND THE CITY They practically chased me with torches like I was Fuckenstein! [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY Middle-Age Girls Gone Wild. SEX AND THE CITY You in a threesome? You won't even wear a thong! [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY The only thing worse than a liar is a bad liar. [Lucy Liu] SEX AND THE CITY It's my birthday. I'm officially old. [Carrie on her 35th Birthday] SEX AND THE CITY You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suctio... SEX AND THE CITY
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To lose someone you love is t... JEANETTE WINTERSON I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere in the... JEANETTE WINTERSON The one thing I missed was never having children. It just wasn't in the cards, I guess. JEANETTE MACDONALD I must have had rocks in my head. JEANETTE MACDONALD I'm sure that people must say about me, on the screen, 'Good gracious, is Jeanette MacDonald going t... JEANETTE MACDONALD I can't believe how blessed I am! I'm married to the most wonderful man, Gene Raymond, whom I'm deep... JEANETTE MACDONALD I've been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love ... JEANETTE MACDONALD You realize, monsieur, that I am not in love with you, that I have no intention of falling in love w... JEANETTE MACDONALD I believe in fiction and the power of stories because that way we speak in tongues. We are not silen... JEANETTE WINTERSON A tough life needs a tough language—and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers—a... JEANETTE WINTERSON Language is a finding-place not a hiding place. JEANETTE WINTERSON I had lines inside me, a string of guiding lights. I had language. Fiction and poetry are doses, med... JEANETTE WINTERSON Language always betrays us, tells the truth when we want to lie, and dissolves into formlessness whe... JEANETTE WINTERSON This Captain had been brought up in Istanbul. His mind was made of minarets and domes. He capped him... JEANETTE WINTERSON You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take ... JEANETTE WINTERSON Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We don't kno... JEANETTE WINTERSON They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could ... JEANETTE WINTERSON I know now, after fifty years, that the finding/losing, forgetting/remembering, leaving/returning, n... JEANETTE WINTERSON Any measurement must take into account the position of the observer. There is no such thing as measu... JEANETTE WINTERSON & Whenn i Scratch my Nailss Down hisss baqqqq ; yourrr gonnahhh feel it. JEANETTE R. If the universe is movement, it will not be in one direction only. We think of our lives as linear b... JEANETTE WINTERSON When you follow a star you know you will never reach that star; rather it will guide you to where yo... JEANETTE WINTERSON What is luck', he said, 'but the ability to exploit accidents? JEANETTE WINTERSON There is always a city. There is always a civilisation. There is always a barbarian with a pickaxe. ... JEANETTE WINTERSON There is always a city. There is always a civilization. There is always a barbarian with a pickaxe. ... JEANETTE WINTERSON There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value. JEANETTE WINTERSON Islands are metaphors of the heart, no matter what poet says otherwise. JEANETTE WINTERSON