Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but I've seen a lot of that stuff since I was young. And then I saw the film 'Annie,' and I just wanted to be Annie; I just wanted to be that orphan kid and wanted to sing and dance.
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One shouldn't know the future.
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I think comics are really part of The Zeitgeist. They reflect back to us the issues that we're concerned about in the time they are written.
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The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political content of the film. I wanted to show how devastating class distinction could be.
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We never broke up. As long as I'm living and as long as Chuck D is living, Public Enemy is always going to be alive.
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Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
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Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.
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Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.
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I believe in my music.
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I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.
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It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.
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I am fortunate to have only worn one shirt in my career. It is something that is fundamental to me. It is something I have always wanted: to be one of these few who wear only one shirt - a fan and a player of the same team.
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I'm not really massively into going out. I'm much more of a hibernator. It's nice to have people come to your house or go to someone's house, I think.
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I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.
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I've been dedicated to the proposition that there's been no greater wealth-creation system in the history of mankind than the American free-enterprise system.
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I now rely on a scanner, which reproduces the passages I want to cite, and then I keep my own comments on those books in a separate file so that I will never confuse the two again.
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Writing a play is like smashing that [glass] ashtray, filming it in slow motion, and then running the film in reverse, so that the fragments of rubble appear to fly together. You start - or at least I start - with the rubble.
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The reason we were able to win is that we did defend very well. It was one of our best defensive games of the year.
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
