Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
Françoise could not help taking a surreptitious glance at Xavière: she gave a start of amazement. Xavière was no longer watching, her head was lowered. Françoise barely suppressed a scream. The girl was pressing the lighted end against her skin, a bitter smile curling her lips. It was an intimate, solitary smile, like that of a half-wit; the voluptuous, tortured smile of a woman possessed of some secret pleasure.
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For me, it's always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it's only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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Winners do what losers don't want to do.
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I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So many people in my life make basement recordings, so I feel very lucky, I'm surrounded by very creative people.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That confidence brings out the best in everybody, because it's contagious.
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I think Isambard Kingdom Brunel would be a good chap to have supper with. Anyone who builds a railway and then builds a steamship when he gets to Bristol and can't go any further must be a good chap.
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Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.
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It's a classic album. If it ain't better than 'The Truth,' it's right there with it. I wouldn't say it if I ain't think so, 'cause 'The Truth' was my baby. That's the pure album.
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The essence of a role-playing game is that it is a group, cooperative experience.
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My father always said, 'Do your best and piss on the rest.' And I think there's a lot of truth to that, because if you've done your best, there's not a hell of a lot more you can do about something.
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My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say.
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A woman with organizing skills can run a construction company without ever picking up a hammer and nail.
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One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.
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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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There is one God - supreme among gods and men - who is like mortals in neither body nor mind.
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I really enjoyed Princeton as a graduate student.
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If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.
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The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine.
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Françoise could not help taking a surreptitious glance at Xavière: she gave a start of amazement. Xavière was no longer watching, her head was lowered. Françoise barely suppressed a scream. The girl was pressing the lighted end against her skin, a bitter smile curling her lips. It was an intimate, solitary smile, like that of a half-wit; the voluptuous, tortured smile of a woman possessed of some secret pleasure.
