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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The house of laughter makes a house of woe.
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There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
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If you start trying to figure out yourself from the image everyone has of you, you run into a dead end.
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Oh my, justifying reasons why Is an absolutely insane resolution to live by ((Live High))
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The average age (longevity) of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough and am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beef-steak would finish me; but I cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.
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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.
