Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
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People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like - that's a thing that I apparently do. If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me.
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Statistics is the grammar of science.
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Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
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I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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I have always thought if there is a game, and there have been a lot of fouls on me, then I have been playing well for the team, so that means we're having a good match. You can win a free-kick when there's a foul, and that's a chance to score a goal.
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A fan almost pulled me off stage once, and that was a little scary because I totally almost ate it!
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When you're going back to school, you want something fresh and new, and perfume is the best way to do that.
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I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.
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For it was not after we were reconciled to him by the blood of his Son that he began to love us, but he loved us before the foundation of the world, that with his only begotten Son we too might be sons of God before we were anything at all.
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To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.
