Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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I think mobile homes are a blight on the planet. Attractive, affordable housing is possible, and I'm out to prove it.
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I found my voice singing pop and ballads, almost all of them Colombian artists. When I was 16, my family gave me a recording session with some Colombian producers, and that's where I started my career.
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I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.
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Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
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I play computer games, watch TV and do what normal people do.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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I say that Pakistanis should not consider girls as weaklings.
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Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin.
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Originally, when I wrote the song 'The Sensual World' I had used text from the end of 'Ulysses.' When I asked for permission to use the text, I was refused, which was disappointing.
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I am often fond of saying the Trekkers are passionate about a hobby, their hobby is 'Star Trek.' They are by and large very imaginative, very intelligent people, and they certainly have been more than generous to me.
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I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.
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Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in.
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I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
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There is not a single ill-doer who could not be turned to some good.
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But basically what I like are the possibilities, and the fantasy element of the show. Not science fantasy so much, but fantasy, the humanistic elements and how people relate when they're in a dire situation or comedic situation.
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I've always found it interesting when I look at a woman, and she's beautiful and everything, but there's an inner strength.
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Sing lullabie, as women do,Wherewith they bring their babes to rest;And lullabie can I sing to,As womanly as can the best.
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Let women be provided with living strength of their own.
