Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.
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I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school team, playing strong safety.
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I'm happy people look at me as a role model.
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I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give away.
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I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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Jeff Lynne is an arranger, and I think it's probably much easier for him to go ahead and play a part himself than to try to show somebody else what he wants. But it's hard for me to say; I barely know Jeff.
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Perfect love holds the secret of the world's perfect liberty.
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If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognize it when it arrives.
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Men sunk in the greatest darkness imaginable retain some sense and awe of the Deity.
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It's like this, I think: the excellence of a good body doesn't make the soul good, but the other way around: the excellence of a good soul makes the body as good as it can be.
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The ends of scientific classification are best answered, when the objects are formed into groups respecting which a greater number of general propositions can be made, and those propositions more important, than could be made respecting any other groups into which the same things could be distributed. ... A classification thus formed is properly scientific or philosophical, and is commonly called a Natural, in contradistinction to a Technical or Artificial, classification or arrangement.
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Some mothers need happy children; others need unhappy ones-otherwise they cannot prove their maternal virtues.
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Evaluation is creation: hear it, you creators! Evaluating is itself the most valuable treasure of all that we value. It is only through evaluation that value exists: and without evaluation the nut of existence would be hollow. Hear it, you creators!
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In every area, working with what you habitually reject is one of the best ways to facilitate growth and transformation.
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Coach's Rule: never admit a lack of experience or knowledge. Carry on at all times as though you've guided a hundred champion crews. Honesty is not the best policy when leading a bunch of college rowers. They are looking for strong, disciplined leadership and not a kinder, gentler coach. Once you've established a certain attitude and demeanor, it's nearly impossible to change to a difference mode in mid-season.
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They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy.
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Unvisited tombstones, unread diaries, and erased video game high-score rankings are three of the most potent symbols of mankind's pathetic and fruitless attempts at immortality.
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The problem with evil people is that they can see only evil in others. It is one of the worst curses of being evil, that you can no longer experience good.
