Simone Weil (Simone Adolphine Weil) Quotes
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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Glamorized... am I glamorous?
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You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.
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Hip-hop in the '90s began moving towards the Nation of Islam and the 5 Percenters, black nationalist movements; very much so, these movements embraced a form of Islam: Malcom X's form of Islam prior to his change.
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I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.
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We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
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When moms stayed home, it was easier just to let the kids play around the house. But as women entered the workplace and the extended family dissolved, someone else had to pick up the slack on the child-care front. Extracurricular activities fit the bill perfectly, promising not only supervision but also enrichment.
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It's very liberating to cut your hair.
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I'm the happiest when I'm in the studio, not on a beauty parade.
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I'm a pretty aggressive girl in general. So if there's a boy that I like, you're going to know how I feel. I just put it out there.
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It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play on the field and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there on the field and needs to contribute every minute of every game.
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I don't think you need any kind of backing here in the industry. I think what you achieve in your life is the result of your own talent and hard work.
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I wasn't your normal plus-size girl who would dress in all black and hide in the shadows. I was very out there. But I was very shy and insecure about certain things.
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A naked woman in heels is a beautiful thing. A naked man in shoes looks like a fool.
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I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the working man, the guy who's the cop, the fireman, the truck driver, the bus driver.
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These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use and where we use them. For me to use the word 'queer' is a liberation; it was a word that frightened me, but no longer.
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Wasn't it Emerson who said, 'My life is for itself and not for a spectacle'? I have a happy, full, good life because I hold it private.
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I don't think most of my hobbies would be surprising to anybody. I obviously like to spend a lot of time with my family. I like to train. I like to lift.
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Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.
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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
