Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be developed because of his or her social condition, because of the surrounding circumstances, these talents will be still-born.

Simone de Beauvoir

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• When Corporate America finds a Jayson Blair in its midst, the standard operating procedure is to circle the wagons and deny that any form of liability extends up the chain of command.

  

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• I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.

  

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• The peace that Jesus gives is never engineered by circumstances on the outside.

  

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• People like me, who care about printing, constitute the tiniest lunatic fringe in the nation.

  

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• If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?

  

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• Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!

  

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• Choice, not chance, determines your destiny. It's up to you to decide what you are worth, how you matter, and how you make meaning in the world. No one else has your gifts--your set of talents, ideas, interests. You are an original. A masterpiece.

  

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• However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be developed because of his or her social condition, because of the surrounding circumstances, these talents will be still-born.

  

  Simone de Beauvoir
  • Circumstances
  • Talents
  • Gifted