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Simone de Beauvoir Quotes: Only a woman can write what it is to feel as a woman, to be a woman.
         

Only a woman can write what it is to feel as a woman, to be a woman.


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The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.



No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.



Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.



I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself



One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.



All oppression creates a state of war.

All oppression creates a state of war.



To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.

To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.



When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.

When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.



I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.



When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].

When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].





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The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning and inhibit clarity.




The key is selecting the right people to join the team, those with the right skills and values, those who embrace our purpose.

The key is selecting the right people to join the team, those with the right skills and values, those who embrace our purpose.



The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.

The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.



The Left will destroy what is good to try to make what is perfect. That is the motto of the Left

The Left will destroy what is good to try to make what is perfect. That is the motto of the Left



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Am I an Apple bigot? No. I can critique their products and their customer service philosophy. But overall, they do better than any other player.



The facts speak only when the historian calls on them: it is he who decides to which facts to give the floor, and in what order or context

The facts speak only when the historian calls on them: it is he who decides to which facts to give the floor, and in what order or context



I always try to choose material that I would want to go and see. I don't choose movies anymore to be in that other people wouldn't want to see.

I always try to choose material that I would want to go and see. I don't choose movies anymore to be in that other people wouldn't want to see.



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Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know you've reached your limit.



Popular opinion is oftenest, what Carlyle pronounced it to be, a lie!

Popular opinion is oftenest, what Carlyle pronounced it to be, a lie!




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