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.
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Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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I think places that need the rubber duck the most are the ones in distress.
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I've always followed this page on Instagram called the Sausage Dog Hotel.
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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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Americans don't realize how difficult it is to create a Harvard.
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You get to a certain age and you can't judge yourself on your dad or your parents.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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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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Our success depends very largely upon how well we negotiate our way through our daily contacts with other people without friction or opposition.
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My strength and my weakness are twins in the same womb.
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One might as well attempt to calculate mathematically the contingent forms of the tinkling bits of glass in a kaleidoscope as to look through the tube of the future and foretell its pattern.
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The first space walk, it's really got your attention. You know you're travelling eight times faster than a rifle bullet, and you're outside. Second space walk, you're a lot more relaxed, you're looking over your shoulder, admiring the view of Earth. What was funny about the third space walk was that mission control in Houston called and said, "Take a moment and enjoy the view".
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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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.
