Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

Choice springs from the totality of the person. Thus, to study, to analyze what a person is, does not eliminate the idea of freedom.

Simone de Beauvoir

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• My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • School
  • Parents
  • Passion

• I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.

  

  Taylor Hackford
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Real

• Today in Ukraine, many people struggle to survive, older ones often see the breakdown of the Soviet system as a loss of stability and security for average people, and therefore a certain hostility to quickly acquired wealth is from their point of view quite understandable at the first look.

  

  Victor Pinchuk
  • People
  • Today
  • Struggle

• You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • Money
  • Done
  • Man

• I was a commercial girl. In drama school, I was a mediocre model occasionally to pick up some extra cash, and because clearly I'm not six feet tall, and I had baby weight, I would mainly just would do promotional stuff.

  

  Lake Bell
  • Up
  • School
  • Girl

• Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Children
  • Want
  • Scared

• You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.

  

  Ilya Ehrenburg
  • Earth
  • Green
  • Grass

• The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Life
  • Real
  • Political

• The verdict of the world is conclusive.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • World
  • Verdict
  • Conclusive

• It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.

  

  Imran Khan
  • People
  • Important
  • Country

• The magnificent cosmos is a palace that has the sun and the moon as its lamps and the stars as its candles; time is like a rope or ribbon hung within it, on to which the Glorious Creator each year threads a new world.

  

  Said Nursi
  • Time
  • World
  • Sun

• Zionism is a revolutionary process. And in a revolution, you must be ready not to think too much about sentiments or human weaknesses.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • Think
  • Revolution
  • Process

• I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Game
  • Change
  • Hurt

• The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Time
  • Women
  • Hope

• I worried I was a boyish shape. I always thought I might grow some, but it never happened.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Never
  • Thought
  • Grow

• The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.

  

  Warren Zevon
  • Rock
  • Said
  • Piano

• You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.

  

  Ignacy Jan Paderewski
  • Soul
  • Poor
  • Solo

• The way I see it, you should live everyday like its your birthday.

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Live
  • Everyday
  • Birthday

• After 'Somewhere' came out, people started to recognize me more. Whenever I was walking down the street, they'd be like, 'Oh, wow - are you Elle Fanning?' Before 'Somewhere,' they asked me if I was Dakota Fanning, because we looked alike, and I'd say, 'No, I'm her younger sister.'

  

  Elle Fanning
  • People
  • Walking
  • Sister

• I've been in movement work since I was 16 years old. Black Lives Matter becomes an important part of the story, but it's not the only part of the story.

  

  Patrisse Cullors
  • Work
  • Important
  • Black

• Whoever wants his judgment to be believed, should express it coolly and dispassionately; for all vehemence springs from the will. And so the judgment might be attributed to the will and not to knowledge, which by its nature is cold.

  

  Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Knowledge
  • Judgment
  • Springs

• Choice springs from the totality of the person. Thus, to study, to analyze what a person is, does not eliminate the idea of freedom.

  

  Simone de Beauvoir
  • Freedom
  • Choice
  • Springs