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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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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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 DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then when I was in my second year of college, I was like, 'Yeah, you guys don't need to send me money anymore. My DJ gigs are good enough. I'm selling music; I think I'm gonna have a record deal. I can pay my tuition.'
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For me, rockabilly is very, very exciting music. It's electric and kind of wild, you know? It's 'make your hairs stand up on the back of your neck' kind of music.
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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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Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.
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I think if you are creative then it's an unstoppable thing. It just keeps coming throughout your entire life.
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Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been.
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Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.
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Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.
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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
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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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She looked back as well as she could; but it was all confusion. She had taken up the idea, she supposed and made everything bend to it.
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Whatever field of human activity one may take, only those trends that are in harmony with the needs of society show rapid progress.
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One day's delay is another day's lack of progress.
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Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
