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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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 grew up in a university town in eastern North Carolina - what's called Tobacco Road. It was very rural.
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Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call "humble" nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is a nobody. Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.
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She 's no chicken; she 's on the wrong side of thirty, if she be a day.
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Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels us in all extremities. Nay, if there were no other comfort in it than the pare exercise of so generous a virtue, even for that single reason a man would not be without it; it is a sovereign antidote against all calamities - even against the fear of death itself.
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On the ice, I feel like I can become a different person, and the darker dramatics, the Black Swan, is confident: she's free to do whatever she wants, and that attitude helps in my skating. The White Swan is, I feel, more what I'm actually like off the ice: I'm a lot quieter, and if someone tells me to do something, I'll just do it.
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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
