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Quotes About Madeleine

Snob mon cul, dit Zazie. ~ — Gentille mon cul, rétorqua Zazie. ~ — Grandes personnes mon cul, répliqua Zazie. ~ — Seule mon cul, dit la fillette avec la correction du langage qui lui était habituelle. ~ — Politesse mon cul, dit Zazie. ~ — Quelle colique que l'egzistence, reprit Madeleine (soupir). ~ — Tu causes, tu causes, c'est tout ce que tu sais faire.
~ Raymond Queneau
Anyone in search of chocolate eventually makes the pilgrimage to Ladurée, the world-famous tea salon just off the place de la Madeleine.
~ David Lebovitz
If I can have a platform and use that platform as a way to create positive change, then I will.
~ Madeleine Madden
Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Questions, questions."Gaudior stomped one silver hoof. "I am not some kind of computer. Only machines have glib answers for everything.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
I enjoy cooking. It's therapy for me. Louise's therapy is her rose garden. You may note, Polly, that we don't have any roses.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Also there's something very matter-of-fact about pork chops. Heroines of mystery novels are never mentioned eating a dinner of pork chops just before something terrible is about to happen.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady. Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.
~ Madeleine M. Kunin
He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's.
~ Madeleine Stowe
The door was slightly ajar and Madame Péricand could sense the presence of the other servants outside. Madeleine, the maid, was so beside herself with worry that she came right up to the doorway. To Madame Péricand, such a breach of the normal rules seemed a frightening indication of things to come. It was in just this manner that the different social classes all ended up on the top deck during a shipwreck.
~ Irene Nemirovsky
If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
~ Madeleine M. Kunin
Listening to Leonard, Madeleine felt impoverished by her happy childhood. She never wondered why she acted the way she did, or what effect her parents had had on her personality. Being fortunate had dulled her powers of observation.
~ Jeffrey Eugenides
Everyone in the room was so spectral-looking that Madeleine's natural healthiness seemed suspect, like a vote for Reagan.
~ Jeffrey Eugenides
The president's admiration for autocrats is so ingrained that it extends to men even less worthy of respect than these.
~ Madeleine K. Albright
person who is learning has less time to think about growing old. I also enjoy surprising people
~ Madeleine K. Albright
He (Mussolini) also stopped comparing himself to Caesar, wondering aloud if Jesus Christ might be a more apt comparison.
~ Madeleine K. Albright
Principled Realism is merely a slogan; America First is a slogan with a past.
~ Madeleine K. Albright