Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
Quotes to Explore
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The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.
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The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
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I don't understand why young entrepreneurs feel this pressure to take venture capital or go public. Don't get me wrong: Public companies are A-OK with me. I just think there is another way. Staying private is a lot more sane.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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'Whiplash' scared me. I feel you should only do projects that scare you to some degree. I get motivated by those sorts of feelings.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers.
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When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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I love going to my supermarket. Sounds so rock 'n' roll, eh?
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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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Anything having to do with what is happening inside people has political significance to me. That is why I like the term "holistic politics."
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The truth is that most small businesses will not succeed and you need to be emotionally prepared for this.
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The truth of it is that people are not going to want to go to improvisational theater if it's not funny. You can succeed in doing all the things you're supposed to do - be truthful to scene - and if it's not funny, I'm telling you that no one's gonna care.
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Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing.
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No one fights with more principle and passion than Michael Gove.
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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
