Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Is a family just the strict definition of a small and discrete unit, or is it about the larger organic group that inevitably grows up around the smaller one?
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I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
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The difference between our family and other poor families was that my mother actively chose to be poor. She was highly literate, and she had a college degree, but after my father left, she took the first secretarial job she could find and never looked for other employment again.
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When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of ideas that went on forever.
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Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.
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I have known that I wanted to be a designer since I was 8 years old.
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Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.
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Today is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #LoveWins.
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The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
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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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'I want to know how many years I got.''Many,' said Ta-Kumsaw. 'Or few. All that matters is what you do with however many years you have.'
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The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care.
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But now I see I was not plucked for naught,And after in life's vaseOf glass set while I might survive,But by a kind hand broughtAliveTo a strange place.
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And under Obamacare, insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women. Before, some wouldn't cover women's most basic needs, like contraception and maternity care, but would still charge us up to 50 percent more than men - for a worse plan.
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Sorry dude, but we're in a boxing match and you went against your word and tried to make me look weak and stupid in front of 17 million people. That's just not gonna happen.
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Curb Your Enthusiasm, is not so much about Hollywood. It's more about Larry's weaknesses.
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We have an extensive system of highways, ports, locks and dams, and airports.
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Elvis had animal magnetism, he was even sexy to the guys, I can't imagine what the chicks used to think.
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Love is more than one thing.
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I seek truth over a lie; I seek justice over injustice; I seek righteousness over the rewards of evildoers, and I love Allah more than I love the state.
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It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
