Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
But I must admit I didn´t like that idea; do the same thing as everyone else. Eating to live, living to eat - that had been the nightmare of my adolescence. If it meant going back to that, if would be just as well to turn on the gas at once. But I suppose everyone thinks of things like that: let´s turn on the gas at once. And you don´t turn it on.Simone de Beauvoir
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
Vicki Lawrence -
Harold Lloyd was not a comedian. But he was the finest actor to play a comedian that I ever saw.
Hal Roach -
I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that.
Pat Robertson -
I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Whenever I Google for clothes, I always look at what Angelina Jolie is wearing. I love Sienna Miller, and I really like Rihanna's style, too. There's the edgy girl, classy girl, and the Bohemian chic girl. I guess I'm all of that combined into one.
Yuna
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I never responded to teaching.
Orlando Bloom -
As it defines itself, every society defines other societies. That definition almost always takes the form of a condemnation: the 'other' is the barbarian.
Octavio Paz -
Lonely women destroy themselves; lonely men threaten the world.
Victor LaValle -
When I'm working I wear so much makeup, and when I'm out with my friends I wear makeup, so sometimes at school I'm just like, 'Today is not much of a makeup day - foundation, chapstick - done.'
Laura Marano -
I would like to say that I was inspired to write 'Shiver' by some overwhelming belief in true love, but here's my true confession: I wrote 'Shiver' because I like to make people cry.
Maggie Stiefvater -
Few people know how to be old.
Maggie Kuhn
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Proper love should be utterly supportive and comfortable, and it feels like a raincoat or a jacket potato.
Olivia Colman -
You know, I think I'm the worst player to talk to about statistics.
Victoria Azarenka -
Up until about a hundred years ago, the world was dark at night. You got to have a real night so you could sleep.
Linda Ronstadt -
It's much harder to play myself. If I ever do a movie again, it'll be a singing serial killer.
Neil Diamond -
You could put Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley on one side of the stage, and James Brown on the other, and you wouldn't even notice the others were there!
Bill Wyman The Rolling Stones -
I can't do the whole run but I am able to start the race and I will be there at the end when winners cross the line.
Fabrice Muamba
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I wasn't eating. I wasn't sleeping. All I was doing was cocaine. I stayed awake for about two weeks, locked in my bedroom. I went down from a 142 pounds to 110 pounds.
Andy Gibb -
Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder; they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.
Warren W. Wiersbe -
But I must admit I didn´t like that idea; do the same thing as everyone else. Eating to live, living to eat - that had been the nightmare of my adolescence. If it meant going back to that, if would be just as well to turn on the gas at once. But I suppose everyone thinks of things like that: let´s turn on the gas at once. And you don´t turn it on.
Simone de Beauvoir