4,165 Quotes About Girl

  • Author Paulo Coelho
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    Mari remembered what she had read in the young girl's eyes the moment she had come into the refectory: fear. Fear. Veronika might feel insecurity, shyness, shame, constraint, but why fear? That was only justifiable when confronted by a real threat: ferocious animals, armed attackers, earthquakes, but not a group of people gathered together in a refectory. But human beings are like that,' she thought. 'We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.

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  • Author Penelope Cruz
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    I had a very curly perm in the '80s, thanks to the 'Way You Make Me Feel' Michael Jackson video. I liked the girl in it.

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  • Author Penelope Cruz
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    I would close down all those teenage magazines that encourage young girls to diet. Who says that to be pretty you have to be thin? Some people look better thin and some don't. There is almost a standard being created where only thin is acceptable. The influence of those magazines on girls as young as 13 is horrific.

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  • Author Penelope Cruz
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    I'm strong and opinionated. Those qualities brought me a lot of problems since I was a little girl in school, saying 'I don't agree' and fighting with the children. It's part of my curiosity for life.

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  • Author Peter Capaldi
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    A girl once came to my beery flat in Kensal Green, opened the blinds and cooked me breakfast. I married her.

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  • Author Priyanka Chopra
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    As a girl, I am this stupid, emotional, very loyal, sort of believe-in-values-and-principals sort of girl.

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  • Author Priyanka Chopra
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    I'm a tough girl, I know what my job entails - it entails a lot more than standing in front of the camera. So I get it. I won't deny the physicality of it is exhausting, and sometimes my body just can't keep up. But it is ultimately about mind over matter.

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  • Author Rachel Cusk
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    Shame is something you'll find a lot of - particularly Catholic - girls feel about their bodies, about their sexuality, about their diet, about anything you like. Shame is the way you keep them down. That's the way to crush a girl.

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