Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.
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I used to have to force myself to go, okay, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing and then all of a sudden a thought of some where could come in. Now I can just focus and not think about anything. So, yeah, I guess I do that a lot.
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We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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You have to be able to generate usable energy without greenhouse gas emissions, and you have to be able to do it cheaply if you want people to choose that approach. That means new technologies.
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China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
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We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.
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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
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I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
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The laws of the marketplace are physical laws, and they don't become suspended in a crisis any more than the law of gravity does.
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And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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I want to be up front racing.
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As soon as it sounds fine, I'm on to the next thing, man.
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Honestly, I don't buy papers or the weeklies. I think when something messy does happen, you just need your closest friends and family all around you, and it's nothing to do with anyone else.
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I love honest men, and a I love a man who is loyal to women.
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I must be the only person in 'Strictly' history who's actually put on weight during rehearsals.
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The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.
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Detroit is drunken idiots. It was no surprise to me. I performed with Kenny Rogers for one year as his opening act, and I got to visit every major American city and notice the audience, and Detroit was one of the worst.
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'American Idol' is such a big platform. It's been on for so many seasons. I went on the show not thinking I was going to make it that far at all because there was so many talented people that auditioned.
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One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
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A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
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The American woman's inequality with men is proved by her defiant attitude.
