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Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

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

Simone de Beauvoir

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: french
Birth: January 9, 1908 - April 14, 1986

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Women Man Aggressive More Arrogant

I'm deathly afraid of rats.

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

Afraid Rats Deathly

I have been passionate about the oceans since I dipped my toes in the water at the first age of three.

Age Water Three Passionate First

I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street.

Good People Capitalism Believe Wall

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.

Peace Church Way Purity Preserve

I don't know that I think women have to throw out the fairy tale ending. I just think they have to decide what their fairy tale ending is - and not go with the standard one that everyone's told them they're supposed to have.

Women Ending Think Fairy Tale Know

Music, not sex, got me aroused.

Music Me Sex Got Aroused

For me, growing up in New York, it started with Elvis Costello and the Clash and then got into louder things like Bad Brains and Stimulators, because those were, like, the local bands. Then I started getting into bands from England like the Slits. I remember seeing Gang of Four at Irving Plaza; that was a really big show for me.

New York Me Growing Up Remember Bad

Pursuit is a rather desperate act in itself. There's something kind of frantic about the notion of pursuit.

Kind Act Something Pursuit Desperate

The comedy community is very friendly right now. I think that's why you see all the synergy and people doing each other's movies.

Community People Think Comedy Doing

There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie. Sometimes the splash happens, like with 'Swingers,' where it sort of slowly ripples out, yet everybody could quote it. Or it could be something like 'Elf,' where you just make a big splash right off the bat when the movie comes out.

Fun You Sometimes Nothing Right Out

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.

Marriage Relationship Beginning Made

I've said before: 'If you're going to earnestly sing a song around a campfire, you'd better be a Muppet!' Or else we're just not going to buy it.

Colin Trevorrow

Song Better You Said Buy Going

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