Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
The women of today are in a fair way to dethrone the myth of femininity; they are beginning to affirm their independence in concrete ways; but they do not easily succeed in living completely the life of a human being.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.
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I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity is due to luck, and my literary longevity is due to my physical longevity.
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I've done a lot of sci-fi, so I was a little hesitant because you get pigeonholed into that genre and world. But at the same time, I love sci-fi because the women are so strong and independent and smart.
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I wanted 'Hell or High Water' to feel like a road movie and an exciting, fun film - until it's not.
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The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.
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Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
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I feel that everyone has something different that moves them or that appeals to them. Maybe something in your family or maybe something in your life that happened that really pushes you for a specific cause - as long as there is something that you're doing.
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It's thrilling. There's birth and death and frustration and victory in raising horses. It's like a little microcosm of life is built into the short lives of these creatures.
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All night I have suffered; all night my flesh has trembled to bring forth its gift. The sweat of death is on my forehead; but it is not death, it is life!
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The women of today are in a fair way to dethrone the myth of femininity; they are beginning to affirm their independence in concrete ways; but they do not easily succeed in living completely the life of a human being.
