Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

When Goya was 80 he drew an ancient man propped on two sticks, with a great mass of white hair and beard all over his face, and the inscription, "I am still learning."

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• The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.

  

  Pablo Neruda
  • Great
  • Book
  • Truth

• Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Experience
  • Party
  • Learning

• Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Work
  • Long

• If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • Experience
  • Giving
  • Faith

• The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.

  

  Nan Fairbrother
  • Love
  • Feel
  • For Her

• I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Love
  • Beautiful
  • Hate

• I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano.

  

  Carla Bley
  • Music
  • Father
  • Free

• I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for it, and I'm learning more and more every day. For me, the classic band setup - guitars, drums, bass - will stay fresh forever. I don't know. I'm still into it.

  

  Mac DeMarco
  • Respect
  • Learning
  • Day

• The world and its peoples being as they are, there is no easy or quick or infallible approach to a secure peace. It is only by patient, persistent, undismayed effort, by trial and error, that peace can be won. Nor can it be won cheaply, as the taxpayer is learning.

  

  Ralph Bunche
  • World
  • Peace
  • Learning

• She’s a nice girl – I just feel very honoured that she wanted to sing my song. I used to scream for her in Times Square and now I work for her. When I was 13 she was the most provocative performer of my time. I love her so much! Britney certainly doesn’t need any freakin’ tips from me! Britney Spears is the queen of pop. I was learning from her.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Time
  • Work
  • She

• 'Why?' Dallben interrupted. 'In some cases,' he said, 'we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.'

  

  Lloyd Alexander
  • Why
  • Question
  • Learning

• I remember my brother came home with a bass and played a blues solo on it. I just went insane for days afterwards learning that.

  

  Labrinth LSD
  • Home
  • Remember
  • Learning

• One of the great pleasures in writing 'The Dream Lover' was learning about some of the real people who populated George Sand's life. What a cast of characters! And what a pleasure to recreate them upon the page!

  

  Elizabeth Berg
  • People
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  • Great

• But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us.

  

  Lindsey Buckingham
  • Time
  • Learning

• I didn't know how to pass a major piece of legislation; I didn't know how to get colleagues to support my views. It took a lot of asking for advice and learning. One of the lessons is that you have to be able to tell people why you care, and you're only going to be able to do that if you talk to someone whom an issue is affecting.

  

  Kirsten Gillibrand
  • People
  • Why
  • Support

• I spent ages learning to take photos, which was a lot of fun, and I think it really helped readers get excited about the recipes.

  

  Ella Woodward
  • Fun
  • Learning

• WeWork has always believed that we are better together, and a large part of that is learning from others through meaningful connections and experiences.

  

  Adam Neumann
  • Together
  • Learning
  • Meaningful

• I'm not going to school just for the academics - I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning.

  

  Emma Watson
  • People
  • School
  • Learning

• But there is one thing most companies struggle to standardize, and ironically, it's the most important part of our efforts to gain and sustain results. It is leadership.

  

  Quint Studer
  • Important
  • Learning
  • Struggle

• For as little as a thousand dollars, you can open an account at Schwab. I mean, it's not a big barrier to entry.

  

  Charles Schwab

• Parents shouldn't lie to their children-not even when they think it's for their own good. Even a little lie is dangerous.

  

  Pablo Casals
  • Good
  • Thinking
  • Children

• I consider myself very lucky. God has a funny way of bringing some things around and knocking you in the head with the ultimate destination. Something I should have achieved quite easily took me a long time to get around to. It came in His time, not mine.

  

  Jim Morris
  • Time
  • God
  • Long

• I write in pen because it works. A fountain pen is no good for writing in the way I do because I'd have to decide, each time I stopped, how long I was likely to stop for in order to know whether or not to put the cap on. But I never know. So instead, I use a ballpoint - a Montblanc, to be precise - the most comfortably balanced pen I've ever found.

  

  Philip Pullman
  • Time
  • Good
  • Long

• When Goya was 80 he drew an ancient man propped on two sticks, with a great mass of white hair and beard all over his face, and the inscription, "I am still learning."

  

  Simone de Beauvoir
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