Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I keep on putting out music. The only thing that drives music is the people who are making it.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer.
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The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.
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We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.
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I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.
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There is so much to be gained from investing more time in what we eat. Buying fresh ingredients means knowing where your food comes from and what's in it.
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Well, first I have to make the team, of course.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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The goal, as Compaq has stated all along in its history, is to support an open industry standard.
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God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
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Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic.
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I don't believe in hitting a bad shot and then insisting it's no big deal. No, you just messed up, so react. I'm not saying you need to throw your club. I mean, take 10 seconds to get angry at yourself, but then start over.
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I was a student of Stella Adler and then later Lee Strasberg, and they were into sensory work. At its best, acting is not about words - even when the words are important.
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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
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The boy is special, Aunt Annie told his mother, and his mother in turn told him. But what kind of special? No one ever says.
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It's nice not to have to live a double life.
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You have to start from where you are today and from what can be done.
