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.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • Mind
  • Thoughts
  • Direction

• 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.

  

  Karl Malone
  • Me
  • Perfect
  • Play

• Nothing can make you more humble than pain.

  

  Larry Flynt
  • You
  • Pain
  • Humble

• I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Job
  • Myself
  • Never

• I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Myself
  • Religion
  • Thought

• When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.

  

  Jack Whitehall
  • Glasses
  • Teeth
  • Braces

• 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.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Think
  • Politics
  • Succeed

• Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery.

  

  Fannie Farmer
  • Progress
  • Civilization
  • Been

• Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.

  

  Manu Bennett
  • Champion
  • Train
  • Mindset

• I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.

  

  Young Thug
  • Want
  • Forever
  • Rap

• 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?

  

  Tamsin Greig
  • People
  • You
  • Saying

• 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.

  

  Ed Harris
  • Up
  • Know
  • Cutting

• 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.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Energy
  • Kid
  • Films

• I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.

  

  Earl Campbell
  • Remember
  • Try
  • Just

• 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.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Country
  • Peace
  • Commitment

• I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.

  

  Kamala Harris
  • Time
  • Long
  • Down

• You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.

  

  Barry Manilow
  • People
  • Day
  • Treat

• 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.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Love
  • Movie
  • Action

• With my cheek leant upon the window pane I like to fancy that I am pressing as closely as can be upon the massy wall of time, which is forever lifting and pulling and letting fresh spaces of life in upon us. May it be mine to taste the moment before it has spread itself over the rest of the world! Let me taste the newest and the freshest.

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • World
  • Moments
  • Wall

• We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

  

  Alfred Jarry
  • Believe
  • Silence
  • Counts

• When I was just starting out, I met Cartier-Bresson. He wasn't young in age but, in his mind, he was the youngest person I'd ever met. He told me it was necessary to trust my instincts, be inside my work, and set aside my ego. In the end, my photography turned out very different to his, but I believe we were coming from the same place.

  

  Sebastiao Salgado
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Mind

• If they persist with it, they will be dealt with according to law.

  

  Laisenia Qarase
  • Law
  • Persist

• If youre serious about what youre doing, youve got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you wont reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back.

  

  Jonny Lee Miller
  • Serious
  • Instinct
  • Height

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

  

  Simone de Beauvoir
  • Believe
  • Human Condition
  • Universality