Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.
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As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.
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The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.
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What can you do? You're never going to be - I'm sure there are people out there who think Cindy Crawford isn't pretty.
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The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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The Gaelic language itself depends very much on ear and rhythm, and when those who are thinking in Gaelic speak in English, they get the same rhythm.
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The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.
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At Nike, designers both created and communicated the brand, transforming a company that made shoes into a purveyor of athletic heroism.
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.'
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I majored in Shakespearean studies at a very tiny school in Georgia.
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Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.
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They can hop on a line and really dice it up out there.
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Conflict is the pursuit of truth.
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My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I really think that as good of a job as you do as a writer, you're absolutely indebted to the actors that have to deliver that material.
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The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have spoken with literally thousands and thousands of tea-party activists - I have yet to meet a single tea-party leader that is not going to vote for Mitt Romney.
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I'm very flash and burn - the first thing that comes to mind is obviously the best idea, and that's because it should come out of a natural place, and if you don't do that then you're writing someone else's music, not your own.
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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It is good knowing that glasses are to drink from; the bad thing is not to know what thirst is for.
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Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?
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I watch old 'Truth or Consequences' on Hulu. 'Concentration.' And 'The Match Game' with Gene Rayburn.
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Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.
