Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself - exactly oneself and no one else - and so unique, that it seems natural that one should also be unique for someone else.

Simone de Beauvoir

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• I do not need a producer. I need only a good production manager. I need only a man who will give me money.

  

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• In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.

  

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• How the snow falls in the north! Flake on flake falling incessantly, until the small dingles are almost on a level with the uplands. It throws itself on the leaves of autumn, and holds them down in security from the strongest winds.

  

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• I actually felt like I was starting a new career as a news reporter while playing in 'Pinocchio.'

  

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• If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do.

  

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• Terrorists convince thousands of people to kill themselves in the name of God. I can't convince two of my friends to help me move.

  

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• Having been a journalist for almost 20 years and then becoming a politician has definitely been an interesting and enriching experience for me.

  

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• You learn from things that don't go well, and you try to capitalize when they do. You build on those strengths and try to make your weaknesses stronger.

  

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• An actress must be a woman whose emotional perceptions are true, and to make them so, she must have a fine contempt for any art or thought that betrays them for something false.

  

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• Golf is not my priority. I would hope people see me as a Christian man who loved his family, who loved being in the heat of competition and sometimes succeeded at it; who understood that golf was his job and that he was very lucky to play it for a living.

  

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• I hope that they are finding satisfaction. I'm in no way making a judgment. I know it doesn't make me happy.

  

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• When you come off 'The X Factor,' you're more likely to be a failure than a success because people almost want you to fail. There's this kind of feeling that you're separate from everyone else. You get it from artists, people in the industry, people at record labels.

  

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• Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food.

  

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• While Wall Street firms typically underwrite offerings in teams, the lead underwriter, or manager, of the offering has primary responsibility for selling the offering and reaps much of the fees and profit.

  

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• I've never really thought of writing books. I've never thought about stories as a part of a collection.

  

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• You remember had this gigantic clock in the arena showing the size of the national debt. And Paul told America, if you elect Republicans, we can fix that. But, if Paul Ryan was being honest, he would've pointed to the debt clock and said, we built that.

  

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• There's no platform for an unsigned music scene in the main cities - it's all hyped acts or showcases behind closed doors. I read about artists that are doing it 'the old-fashioned way' and touring, as if that's a unique thing to do - well, that should just be the way it is.

  

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• I like unique little boutique hotels, such as Blakes in London.

  

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• Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself - exactly oneself and no one else - and so unique, that it seems natural that one should also be unique for someone else.

  

  Simone de Beauvoir
  • Unique
  • Natural
  • Self-obsessed