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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This day’s failure wasn’t at all about lacking brains; it was about will. It was about ownership. It was about not having much experience or interest in seeing tasks through to completion.
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I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my career and sharing their stories and music with millions of fans on air through TV and radio.
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Sometimes stereotyping happens not because of any nefarious reasons but rather because people don't know who you are or where you come from, so they go for the broad strokes about you, your culture, your faith, all that.
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I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view.
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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
