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Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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The one thing that matters is the effort.
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I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they&#...
GABRIELLE UNION
If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.
GABRIELLE UNION
One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
GABRIELLE ROY
The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his j...
GABRIELLE ROY
My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay...
GABRIELLE ROY
Every time guns fall into the wrong hands and are used to intimidate, injure, or murder women, it er...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to som...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Speaking is physically difficult for me.
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Countless hours of physical therapy - and the talents of the medical community - have brought me new...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Music therapy was so important in the early stages of my recovery because it can help retrain differ...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important tha...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent cr...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something.
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Rehab is endlessly repetitive. And it's never easy, because once you've mastered some moveme...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Many may look at me and see mostly what I have lost. I struggle to speak, my eyesight's not grea...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
My spirit is as strong as ever. I'm still fighting to make the world a safer place, and you can,...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by ...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your com...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
I've been working hard: lots of therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, yoga too.
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a s...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Senators say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared ...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
I got my first guitar when I was 11. It was an electric, and I can remember just wanting to be Avril...
GABRIELLE APLIN
YouTube was really good for building a kind of core, loyal fanbase. I didn't want to be a YouTub...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I grew up listening to Nick Drake. Without him, I would not write music - and 'Pink Moon' is...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I'm really into fashion, but I don't really spend that much on clothes. I manage to find eve...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I don't feel like a pop star. I like being able to live my life the same as my mates. I don'...
GABRIELLE APLIN
When I was releasing EPs by myself, I was generating royalties. And when I signed, I thought I'd...
GABRIELLE APLIN
Labels fund things and have resources for you to use. But just because you sign doesn't mean you...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I have hundreds and hundreds of people from Brazil, Chile, Columbia and Argentina, every day, buying...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I did...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I still listen to a lot of the classics from Bob Dylan and John Martin, but I love electronic music ...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do th...
GABRIELLE APLIN
For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no o...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I'm quite annoying and can't imagine what it would be like living with me 24/7.
GABRIELLE APLIN
When I first got signed, I bought a vintage guitar from the 1930s for £1000. I've bought a...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the s...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I feel more comfortable in a place like Brighton - a town, with one centre, one bus station, one tra...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I'm really busy, but I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.
GABRIELLE APLIN
I am never without my lyric book. If anything inspirational happens, I have it there so nothing'...
GABRIELLE APLIN
I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
GABRIELLE APLIN
I want to be the best version of myself - intellectually, emotionally, and physically. So I like to ...
GABRIELLE ANWAR
I have this threadbare caftan from the '60s that I got at a vintage store years ago - it's b...
GABRIELLE ANWAR
I shop at a lot of vintage stores because the prices are amazing, and I love the idea that there'...
GABRIELLE ANWAR
I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone ...
GABRIELLE ANWAR
I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happine...
GABRIELLE ANWAR
I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful ...
GABRIELLE ANWAR
Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it.
Maybe I’ll be older and smarter and ju...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN