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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But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men,For with his nails he'll dig them up again.
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The people I've known I must say are extraordinary. When I think about some of them, I can't believe that I knew them all. And I think the reason I knew most of them at the beginning was because they were of Bogie's generation, 25 years my senior, not mine. But they were the most talented people of all.
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I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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By the time I was leaving school, there were no factories. There was no industry.
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I think there's something charming about incorporating summer clothes into winter, like pairing a summery skirt with a massive sweater. I'm also really into layering during the winter!
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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.
