Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
Existence must be asserted in the present if one does not want all life to be defined as an escape toward nothingness.
Simone de Beauvoir
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
Jack Osbourne
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I'm quite an odd little part of the Venn diagram. I'm not a movie star and beautiful in that way. I do an odd thing that's funny and sad, and my face and my old body can take that.
Tamsin Greig
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
Dambisa Moyo
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
Carl Van Vechten
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
Natalie Massenet
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
Quentin Crisp
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
Ursula Burns
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
Bear Grylls
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With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.
Dan Quinn
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Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.
Barney Oliver
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
Victoria Pendleton
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In the summer of 2004, Malem Jan was sitting with Sirajuddin Haqqani, the second son of Jalaluddin, in their Pakistani base in the North Waziristan town of Miram Shah when they heard their names on the BBC. The Americans were offering $250,000 and $200,000, respectively, as rewards for information leading to their capture.
Anand Gopal
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I really enjoy the company of my kids... I'm not one of those people who goes 'Yeah, my kids are my mates', that's a dreadful kind of mother, but I'm fortunate that there are times that they do want me around, and I feel lucky that they let me into their world.
Jane Goldman
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I like how strong Sade is and how she doesn't give away too much.
Jessie Ware
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If I could bring 'The Tunnel' to life, I'd like to do it like that.
Billy Howle
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I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor.
Katie Price
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Existence must be asserted in the present if one does not want all life to be defined as an escape toward nothingness.
Simone de Beauvoir
