Simone Weil (Simone Adolphine Weil) Quotes
Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.
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I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.
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When you are not missing something, longing for something, you don't really think about it that much. It's like that girlfriend you don't want to have anymore. You don't think about her anymore. Or ex-husband. You just don't.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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I was miserable in WCW. I knew I wasn't going to go any higher there, and jumping to WWE hadn't even crossed my mind. I couldn't stop wondering, 'Is this it? Is this what I worked my whole life for?'
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Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been.
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One's thoughts turn towards Hope.
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Find me in the shadows, and pull the shades down until tomorrow.
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On a film set, everything's done for you. You get to a stage where you can't even remember the last time you made yourself a sandwich. The crazy thing is that, as actors, we're trying to portray the human condition, but we're often not living in reality.
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I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.
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I wanted out of my pain and that silliness, but I wanted an easy out. That's before realizing that there is no easy out. Before accepting that you just have to do the work.
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If you really want to wind up Piers Morgan, send him a pic of Jeremy Clarkson.
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So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to.
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My kids have a great dad. I don't really want them to have a stepfather, and I don't think they do, either.
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To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt.
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A two-party system is way too good for those two parties.
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I love Adele, I want her to be my best friend. She could come to the U.S., live with me and sing to me every morning.
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All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind.
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If technical progress is not matched by corresponding progress in man's ethical formation, in man's inner growth, then it is not progress at all, but a threat for man and for the world.
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Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
