Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into?
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
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I still keep my accent.
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I finished 'The Hunger Games' trilogy, and I love most anything with zombies.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot.
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Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent.
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The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.
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Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.
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A book is either autobiography or a novel.
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You reduce illegal immigration by making it harder to get jobs here, or easier to get jobs south of the border. This idea that we can't pass an immigration law until we hit some imaginary security target is just a way to derail reform.
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Without feelings insignificant decisions become excruciating attempts to compare endless arrays of inconsequential things. It’s just easier to handle those with emotions.
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Among the political attitudes that prevail in Germany today, only socialism has the potentiality of inner value and integrity.
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A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveler does not know where he came from.
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Even though writing articles relies completely on truth, you still must tell an interesting story. You can't worry about people knowing who you are and whether or not they want to read your stories.
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Nothing connects with people like humanity. That doesn't mean you have to tell slice-of-life stories all the time. But you know, with so many options in technology, the consumer's not really that interested in advertising... They are interested in great stories. That transcends any medium.
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A smile is the universal welcome.
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The Internet Governance Forum - which brings together NGOs, government officials and companies - needs to do a better job of including representatives from Africa, Latin America, and Asia and addressing their issues.
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My life isn't necessarily more important than anyone else's: I'm just better in talking about it.
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A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into?
