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Closing our eyes doesn't make violence disappear; it only closes our minds and hearts and enables the violence to continue.


Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

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COLLEEN ALATALO We didn't have any hope, either.
COLLEEN ALATALO We knew it would be months before we could go back.
COLLEEN ALATALO The engine of my car blew up. So there we were by the side of the road, with no way to go any furthe...
COLLEEN ALATALO The ladies at the food stamp office started calling around. And by the time we left the office, we h...
COLLEEN ALATALO That was one of those deals where they had to spend it on somebody by Oct. 1 or give it back.
COLLEEN ALATALO This is the girl next door. Her hair color is high-maintenance, but she's totally comfortable pullin...
COLLEEN ABRIE This girl is a rebel with a cause to challenge the mundane. She's Brigitte Bardot meets Pink. Her ha...
COLLEEN ABRIE She is Venus personified. Her hair is naturally beautiful without artificial enhancement, and her so...
COLLEEN ABRIE This girl has an air of mystery. Her simple, straight hairstyle accentuates the angularity of her fa...
COLLEEN ABRIE Her hair tells us she is Marlene Dietrich meets maverick. She's a woman who carries red hair beautif...
COLLEEN ABRIE This is pretty much what journals are all about, at least to me. I knew as I wrote them that even th...
COLLEEN WAINWRIGHT Even the great get greater by doing more of it.
COLLEEN WAINWRIGHT Reading is no substitute for action.
COLLEEN WAINWRIGHT Being friendless taught me how to be a friend. Funny how that works.
COLLEEN WAINWRIGHT I lived in the US for donkeys' years so it has been a journey back in time for me. If you have had p...
COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH We've just lived through at least 27 minutes of high anxiety. The nail-biting is finally over but my...
COLLEEN HARTMAN I am certain that there are extremists on both sides of the gun control debate in Hawaii, as in the ...
COLLEEN HANABUSA The exposure I have had to beautiful materials across the world, from Japan to Italy, enables me to ...
COLLEEN ATWOOD Those were two hard losses. Last-rock losses are always tough, but in a round-robin you've got to ex...
COLLEEN JONES It's often said that costume designers are a faceless group of people. But we can contribute to ...
COLLEEN ATWOOD Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie.
COLLEEN ATWOOD As we move beyond Women's History Month, I am committed to advancing legislation to raise the mi...
COLLEEN HANABUSA Exercise shouldn't be drudgery. If it is, you're doing something wrong, or you need to get a new tra...
COLLEEN GREENE I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be cont...
COLLEEN HASKELL There's a hell of a lot of horny people out there who are not being gratified in the way they sh...
COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH