Dominique Perregaux Quotes

I always have high expectations. I then cope with disappointments. ~ Dominique Perregaux

Muscles I know; they are my friends. But I have forgotten their names. ~ Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

She kept hoping something would change, but she knew she'd lost him to a world she could never be part of. So instead she pretended.

Pretended to be strong.

Pretended everything was alright.

Pretended for Michael, for herself, but most of all for Willow. Because Willow loved Michael, and he, her – that much was obvious. ~ Dominique Wilson

France was at peace; one couldn't shoot the bearers of bad news. ~ Jean-Dominique Bauby

Do not concern yourself with other people. Concern yourself with your own work alone. ~ Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

I think it goes hand in hand because if you discipline yourself on the floor, as you become an older player or a more seasoned individual, it adds structure in your life. ~ Dominique Wilkins

As a media member, my goal is to inform the American fans of persons of character. It's a joy for me, either writing a good story or telling a story on video. ~ Dominique Dawes

My real soul ... ? It's real only when it's independent ... ~ Ayn Rand

I can barely recall a single holiday when my father didn't make a scene or create some kind of chaos. We were always walking on eggshells. ~ Dominique Moceanu

In the past, it was known as a "massive stroke," and you simply died. But improved resuscitation techniques have now prolonged and refined the agony. ~ Jean-Dominique Bauby

This little pile of shit, heaped here before my door, is mine, and I challenge any to malign its form. This little heap is my thing, my badge, a tangible sign of that which distinguishes me from, or likens me to, my neighbor. It is also what distinguishes him from me. His heap will never be mine. Whether he be friend or foe, this alone will allow me to recognize if we are alike: neat, clean, negligent, disgusting, or obviously rotten. ~ Dominique Laporte

Gymnastics is the greatest sport in the world, and one of the hardest, but we have to watch out for domineering male figures who try to belittle and scream at young girls. ~ Dominique Moceanu

I don't mind sacrifice. I don't mind discipline. But a good coach allows people to blossom. I've seen that. I didn't have it. ~ Dominique Moceanu

Please don't say you're sorry, False platitudes of sorrow, of pity, of goddamned praise of being a hero, sicken me. ~ Dominique Eastwick

My favorite time is now, like tonight, under a full moon. When a thousand crystals are sparkling at us. It's almost magical, isn't it? ~ Dominique Eastwick

It was mad. It was inconceivable. Anthony began to detect in himself the symptoms of a disease he had sworn never to acquire
lovesickness
and thus berated himself for a clodpoll to so fall into the gilded trap. ~ Dominique Frost

God takes the willing heart rather than the obviously powerful as his instruments to use in the Kingdom of God. ~ Dominique Atkinson

When I began a diet a week before my stroke, I never dreamed of such a dramatic result. ~ Jean-Dominique Bauby

Vincent had ten major ideas every week: three brilliant, five good, and two ridiculous. ~ Jean-Dominique Bauby

I hate being alone during autumn

know why?

because i'm the only person whose watching the leaves to fall ~ Dominique Magno

He raised his head and looked at her; she had not caught him noticing her approach; he looked up as if he expected her to be there, as if he knew she would be back. She saw the hint of a smile, more insulting than words. He sustained the insolence of looking straight at her, he would not move, he would not grant the concession of turning away - of acknowledging that he had no right to look at her in such manner. He had not merely taken that right, he was saying silently that she had given it to him. ~ Ayn Rand

Stay out of people's business and don't tell people your business." Dominique preferred getting ~ Ameerah Cooper

To act without knowledge is folly, to know without acting is cowardice. ~ Dominique Pire

I used slam dunking as a tool for intimidation. ~ Dominique Wilkins

I grew up in the United States. ~ Dominique De Villepin

As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to be prepared at all costs. ~ Dominique Moceanu

So why had he come? He'd said he'd had no choice, but for centuries men had chopped off their own limbs, faked insanity, gone into hiding or to prison rather than to war. Was there some dark flaw in his psyche? Did he have some perverse need to destroy? To kill? ~ Dominique Wilson

I was awkward-looking with huge brown eyes, dark brown, pencil-straight hair styled into an old-school Romanian bowl haircut from the 1980s. And I was very, very small. I was always the tiniest kid on my street and in my classes at school ... The gym was the one place I didn't have to worry about feeling awkward for being so petite. ~ Dominique Moceanu

We blended and look to what it has brought us.
I planted lilies on your grave. The rain is already splattering them with dripping dew.
May they last another hundred years, Gerard.
A hundred years of lilies. ~ Carmen Dominique Taxer

If I must drool, I may as well drool on cashmere. ~ Jean-Dominique Bauby

Things that bring out your emotions are what should be in theaters and in books. That's what art is. It makes you feel things. ~ Dominique Swain

In the end, all any of these religions aim to do is give us hope. The main difference with Buddhism is that it aims to teach us to find hope from within ourselves, rather than seeking outside advice or saviors. It tells us that only we can help ourselves. It's existentialist in that way, and shockingly modern. ~ Dominique Francon