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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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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I'm on a single track here - I work to direct what I want to see onstage. I basically have been feeding my own needs - to be working on a specific project at a specific time, and fortunately more often it works than fails.
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It is not true that we shall necessarily progress if our political conditions undergo a change, irrespectively of the manner in which it is brought about. If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite.
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Attention is what steers your perceptions; it's what controls your reality. It's the gateway to the mind.
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As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities.
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A good game gives us meaningful accomplishment - clear achievement that we don't necessarily get from real life. In a game, you've beaten level four, the boss monster is dead, you have a badge, and now you have a super laser sword. Real life isn't like that, right?
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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.
