Madeleines Quotes

• There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.

  Madeleine Albright

  Thinking, Going Away, Kind

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• The sight of the little madeleine had recalled nothing to my mind before I tasted it...

  Marcel Proust

  Sight, Mind, Littles

  Marcel Proust (2016). “Swann's Way”, p.60, Marcel Proust

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• No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary thing that was happening to me.

  Marcel Proust

  Liquid, Crumbs, Palate

  Marcel Proust (2015). “Swann's Way”, p.48, Vintage

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• Proust had his madeleines; I am devastated by the scent of yeast bread rising.

  Bert Greene

  Food, Cooking, Bread

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• I drank a second mouthful in which I find nothing more than in the first, then a third which gives me rather less than the second. It is time to stop; the potion is losing its magic.

  Marcel Proust

  Giving, Magic, Firsts

  Marcel Proust (2006). “Remembrance of Things Past”, p.62, Wordsworth Editions

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• Fiction leaves us so much work to do, allows the individual so much input; you have to see, you have to hear, you have to taste the madeleine, and while you are seemingly passive in your chair, you have to travel.

  Hilary Mantel

  Fiction, Input, Taste

  "Real books in imaginary houses" by Hilary Mantel, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2008.

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• But, like anyone in love, Madeleine believed that her own relationship was different from every other relationship, immune from typical problems.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Typical, Different, Problem

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2011). “The Marriage Plot: A Novel”, p.196, Macmillan

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• In Vermont, Governor Madeleine Kunin has given years of service to our state after becoming the state's first female governor in 1985. She is an inspiration to girls throughout Vermont and the country in allowing them to know that the opportunities they have are unlimited.

  Bernie Sanders

  Girl, Country, Inspiration

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

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• Madeleine Albright, when you see her, she's not a beautiful woman and she's getting older. But you're saying that woman has gravitas. She knows what she's talking about.

  Joy Behar

  Beautiful, Talking, Getting Older

  "Joy Behar Mocks Rush Limbaugh's Physical Appearance". Interview with Justin McCarthy, www.newsbusters.org. December 4, 2008.

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• Women today are bombarded with so many messages, like we should have Naomi Campbell's body and Madeleine Albright's career.

  Helen Fielding

  Should Have, Careers, Bombarded By

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• That's right," he said. "I created a a bunch of Forsaken Warriors, had them attack the Institute and kill Madeleine and nearly kill the rest of us, just so that I could keep Clary from at home. And lo and behold, my diabolical plan is working.

  Cassandra Clare

  Home, Warrior, Said

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “City of Glass”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• In Madeleine's face was a stupidity Mitchell had never seen before. It was the stupidity of all normal people. It was the stupidity of the fortunate and the beautiful, of everybody who got what they wanted in life and so remained unremarkable.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Beautiful, Stupid, Good Luck

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2011). “The Marriage Plot: A Novel”, p.77, Macmillan

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• Reading a novel after reading semiotic theory was like jogging empty-handed after jogging with hand weights. What exquisite guilt she felt, wickedly enjoying narrative! Madeleine felt safe with a nineteenth century novel. There were going to be people in it. Something was going to happen to them in a place resembling the world. Then too there were lots of weddings in Wharton and Austen. There were all kinds of irresistible gloomy men.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Reading, Men, Hands

  "The Marriage Plot: A Novel". Book by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2011.

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• Though at this moment she felt abused, abandoned, and ashamed of herself, Madeleine knew that she was still young, that she had her whole life ahead of her--a life in which, if she persevered, she might do something special--and that part of persevering meant getting past moments just like this one, when people made you feel small, unlovable, and took away your confidence.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Past, People, Special

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2011). “The Marriage Plot: A Novel”, p.104, Macmillan

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• I have a company where I'm trying to get projects off the ground. Me and my partner Madeleine Sackler, we just shot our first feature in a maximum security prison where about 95% of the cast were incarcerated men. We're editing that and there's a doc going with it.

  Boyd Holbrook

  Men, Editing, Trying

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• When women get great roles in life, they start to get great roles in films and TV. Look at Janet Reno, Madeleine Albright, and Mrs. Thatcher. Because those images are coming at us in life, they are reflected in acting.

  Helen Mirren

  Acting, Roles, Looks

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• 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

  School, Tea, Rewards

  Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Touching Darkness: Number 2 in series”, p.95, Hachette UK

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• Let tears gather in your eyes. You haven’t tears enough for what you’ve done to me. Six more mortal years, seven, eight…I might have had that shape!’ Her pointed finger flew at Madeleine, whose hands had risen to her face, whose eyes were clouded over. Her moan was almost Claudia’s name. But Claudia did not hear her. ‘Yes, that shape, I might have known what it was to walk at your side.

  Anne Rice

  Eye, Years, Your Side

  Anne Rice (1976). “Interview with the Vampire: A Novel”

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• I saw Madeleine Stowe from Revenge recently, and she totally blew me away. And growing up I loved Morticia Addams and Lily Munster on one hand, and Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie on the other. Two completely different ends of the spectrum, kind of like me.

  Sarah Shahi

  Dream, Growing Up, Revenge

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• Lucy Lawless presented a couple of the awards. And, when I walked off the stage with her after one of them, she said "Oh, I want to introduce you to my friend Madeleine," and that's how I met Madeleine. I realize that's a ridiculous story.

  Ladyhawke

  Couple, Awards, Stories

  Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 23, 2016.

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• I think excessive rationality can be very dangerous. Certainly the kind of rationality we've seen in the last hundred years, and still see on a daily basis when Madeleine Albright says that it's all right, we have to live with the idea of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children dying because it contains Saddam Hussein.

  Pankaj Mishra

  Children, Thinking, Years

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• By itself, an ordinary snapshot is no less banal than the petite madeleine in Proust's In Search of Lost Time... but as goad to memory, it is often the first integer in a sequence of recollections that has the power to deny time for the sake of love.

  Michael Lesy

  Memories, Sake, Firsts

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• The folks I read as a kid really set me up. I owe a huge debt to Ray Bradbury and Madeleine L'Engle.

  Karen Russell

  Kids, Rays, Debt

  "Karen Russell’s Fantastical World". Interview with Maddie Oatman, www.motherjones.com. February 7, 2013.

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• We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.

  Dan Brown

  Growing Up, Memories, Book

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• Joschka Fischer was a Green Party politician and Germany's foreign minister. We hired Mr. Fischer, as well as former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as advisors because we, as an automaker, want to know, for example, how new emissions laws will develop in the United States, Europe and Asia. Fischer and Ms. Albright have diverse contacts worldwide. They can call our attention to trends early on, information from which we can benefit.

  Norbert Reithofer

  Party, Europe, Law

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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