Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
There is a kind of universality in the human condition, masculine or feminine. That's one thing I continue to believe.

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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
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I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
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Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery.
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Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying?
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I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork.
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When I was a kid, I wasn't looking at the small-budget films myself. I was looking at 'James Bond' and all the major films, so I still have that energy. I still love those films.
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I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
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I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.
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You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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I'd love to do a movie with Denzel Washington, or some action star such as Matt Damon or Mark Wahlberg would be really cool, too.
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For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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From Lee: I believe that the mind may make its own immortality : thought is the spiritual part of existence ; and so long as my mind influences others, so long as my thoughts remain behind, so long shall my spirit be conscious and immortal. The body may perish-not so the essence which survives in the living and lasting page.
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Your company's most valuable asset is how it is known to customers.
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If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution.
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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
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There is a kind of universality in the human condition, masculine or feminine. That's one thing I continue to believe.