Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
That a whole part of the middle class detests me... is utterly normal. I would be troubled if the contrary were true.
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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The first complaint we hear from everyone is: 'Why would I want to join this stupid useless thing and know what my brother's eating for lunch?' But that really misses the point because Twitter is fundamentally recipient-controlled - you choose to listen and you choose to leave. But you also choose what to put down and what to share.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.
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My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.
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I don't think the label makes the artist or the artist makes the label. It's the music that makes everything work or not.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it makes me feel alive. I enjoy the whole process of rehearsing, though repetition can make it tedious.
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My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.
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We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.
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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
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The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.
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The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it's always in your face.
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I love Levon Helm - he's one of my favorite guys.
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I am at a crossroads; I have always been against armed opposition... I have chosen civil disobedience. But I will apologize to my people if there are funerals coming out of prisons. I will criticize myself and I won't be the mayor of Diyarbakir.
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When I'm a brunette, it's four times harder to hail a taxi. Then I go blonde again, and suddenly there are taxis everywhere.
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I gave up the notion of writing the life of Joan of Arc, as I found that there was absolutely no new material to be gleaned on her history - in fact, she had been thrashed out.
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.
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I would say I don't like people who are really into themselves or are very materialistic. Just always talking themselves up. Not being real is the pet peeve. Be true to yourself.
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I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
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As a woman in this organization, I can say that I don't ever feel that I was discriminated against or prevented from opportunities.
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That a whole part of the middle class detests me... is utterly normal. I would be troubled if the contrary were true.
