Belle Quotes

• So a lot of me is still a little kid, and I think that kind of helps alter my sense of reality - it makes me able to just become Belle every single night.

  Christy Carlson Romano

  Kids, Night, Reality

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• I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Thinking, Clothes, Style

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Beauty, Beautiful, Fashion

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• On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Producers, Protective, Hard

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• I'm finally able to tell you... that I will be playing Belle in Disney's new live-action Beauty and the Beast! It was such a big part of my growing up, it almost feels surreal that I'll get to dance to 'Be Our Guest' and sing 'Something There'. My six year old self is on the ceiling - heart bursting. Time to start some singing lessons. I can't wait for you to see it.

  Emma Watson

  Growing Up, Heart, Self

  FaceBook post by Emma Watson from Jan 26, 2015

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• It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what I preferred instead. Not power-ridden monuments, but individual buildings which tell a quieter story: the artist's studio, or the Belle Epoque house built by a forgotten financier for a just-remembered courtesan.

  Julian Barnes

  Artist, Years, Paris

  "A vineyard in Montmartre: just one of the hidden pleasures of Paris" by Julian Barnes, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2011.

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• I know he (Albert Belle) hates me. If he needs that hate to succeed, it's fine by me. I always liked him. He was a good kid. He just had a hard time with the pressure.

  Skip Bertman

  Hate, Kids, Hard Times

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• The woodchopper reads the wisdom of the ages recorded on the paper that holds his dinner, then lights his pipe with it. When we ask for a scrap of paper for the most trivial use, it may have the confessions of Augustine or the sonnets of Shakespeare, and we not observe it. The student kindles his fire, the editor packs his trunk, the sportsman loads his gun, the traveler wraps his dinner, the Irishman papers his shanty, the schoolboy peppers the plastering, the belle pins up her hair, with the printed thoughts of men.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Reading, Book, Gun

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• If you are the type who truly longs to be a Southern Belle at all times, regardless of taking twice the space available in bus, subway or elsewhere, you had best remove yourself to a large estate replete with servants.

  Elizabeth Hawes

  Space, Southern, Subway

  Elizabeth Hawes (1954). “It's Still Spinach”

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• My favorite movies of all times is 'Doctor Zhivago,' and I love 'Gone With the Wind.' I'd love to play some Southern belle or something where I owned a plantation.

  Dolly Parton

  Doctors, Wind, Play

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• Let's try to find ten good things to say about Albert Belle:
  10. So far as we know, he's never killed anyone.
  9. He is handsome, and built like a God.
  8. He played every game.
  7. He has never appeared on the Jerry Springer Show.
  6. He was an underrated base runner who was rarely caught stealing.
  5. He hasn't been arrested in several years.
  4. He is very bright.
  3. He works hard.
  2. He has never spoken favorably about Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, or any other foreign madman.
  1. The man could hit.

  Bill James

  Hard Work, Men, Years

  Bill James (2001). “The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract”

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• I really became convinced I wanted to tell the story of the real-life model for the Degas sculpture 'Little Dancer Aged 14,' which was unveiled in 1881, the Belle Epoque.

  Cathy Marie Buchanan

  Real, Dancer, Sculpture

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• I loved Belle in 'Beauty and the Beast.' I just wanted to be her. I'm a brunette, so I think I kind of cling to all those princesses that have brown hair. I just wanted to be them.

  Kara Lindsay

  Princess, Thinking, Hair

  "Diva Talk: Chatting With Newsies Star Kara Lindsay". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. September 30, 2011.

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• The traveler from Europe edges into it like a tiny Jonah entering an inconceivably large whale, slipping past the straits of Belle Isle into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where five Canadian provinces surround him, for the most part invisible... to enter Canada is a matter of being silently swallowed by an alien continent.

  Northrop Frye

  Travel, Past, Europe

  Northrop Frye (2013). “The Stubborn Structure: Essays on Criticism and Society”, p.282, Routledge

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• I saw pale kings and princes too, Pale warriors, death-pale were they all; They cried- "La Belle Dame sans Merci Hath thee in thrall!

  John Keats

  Kings, Warrior, Dames

  "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" l. 37 (1820)

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• Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch.
  [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque
  Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.]

  Pierre Corneille

  Royalty, Proof, Clemency

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• Some women can touch a man and heal like Jesus. The man who sees sunrise from a Belle woman's bed will swear he's been born again.

  Paula Wall

  Jesus, Men, Sunrise

  Paula Wall (2010). “The Rock Orchard: A Novel”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• Players come to Belle Rock's casinos to have fun, find excitement, or play in a safe environment, but no matter what the reason, they all come to win. In February, we want to reward our loyal players by making the chances of winning big that much greater.

  Tim Johnson

  Fun, Player, Winning

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• At River Belle we don't just listen to our customers, we also try to anticipate their demands and be the first to market with the features that become industry standards. This extended variety of games is a huge step toward creating a one-stop gaming experience that makes a world of difference for our players.

  Tim Johnson

  Player, Rivers, Differences

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• I don't see how it could possibly be made into a movie unless the entire book was scrapped and Shirley Temple cast as 'Bonnie,' Mae West as 'Belle,' and Stepin Fetchit as 'Uncle Peter.'

  Margaret Mitchell

  Uncles, Book, West

  Margaret Mitchell (1986). “Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind letters, 1936-1949”, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

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• Rhett: Don't start flirting with me. I'm not one of your plantation beaux. I want more than flirting from you.
  Scarlett: What do you want?
  Rhett: I'll tell you, Scarlett O'Hara, if you'll take that Southern-belle simper off your face. Someday I want you to say to me the words I heard you say to Ashley Wilkes: "I love you!"
  Scarlett: That's something you'll never hear from me, Captain Butler, as long as you live.

  Clark Gable

  Love, Flirting, Long

  "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

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• When I played the Shins, I changed someone's life. When I play Belle and Sebastian in a pivotal scene in my next movie...well, let's just say I made sure I that I can't be held legally responsible for all the deaths people will suffer out of shock upon hearing them. They're a terrific band.

  Zach Braff

  Play, People, Suffering

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• The body, in 'La Belle Noiseuse,' was the source of the artist's creativity.

  Emmanuelle Beart

  Creativity, Artist, Body

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My first modeling job in Paris, the photographer said, 'Tue es belle,' which means, 'you are pretty,' and I thought he said, 'Tu es poubelle,' which means, 'you are the trash can.' I burst into tears. He was not happy about that.

  Rachel Nichols

  Jobs, Mean, Paris

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• Outside it's a perfect spring night. We stand on the sidewalk in front of our apartment building, and Henry takes my hand, and I look at him, and I raise our joined hands and Henry twirls me around and soon we're dancing down Belle Plaine Avenue, no music but the sound of cars whoosing by and our own laughter, and the smell of cherry blossoms that fall like snow on the sidewalk as we dance underneath the tress.

  Audrey Niffenegger

  Laughter, Spring, Fall

  "The Time Traveler's Wife". Book by Audrey Niffenegger, 2003.

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