Simone Weil Quotes

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

Simone Weil

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 3, 1909 - August 24, 1943

Topics

SoulImportantHumanNeedRooted

When I first met Antonin Scalia, I was a small child with one brown ponytail atop my head. Which is odd, because I was a full-grown woman, and my hair was short and blond. Still, sitting on the black leather sofa in his chambers, I remember shrinking.

Joan Larsen

WomanChildHairSmallBlackShort

I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

DanceInterestingHouseMoreLittle

You need to beat the best, and it's a great challenge, and I like that.

Toni Kroos

GreatChallengeBestYouNeedBeat

The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for.

Tony Blair

GreatStandAdvantageKnowsNo-One

We have food deserts in our cities. We know that the distance you live from a supplier of fresh produce is one of the best predictors of your health. And in the inner city, people don't have grocery stores. So we have to figure out a way of getting supermarkets and farmers markets into the inner cities.

Michael Pollan

LiveHealthFoodBestPeopleCity

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

Jon Ronson

PatienceEmpathyUnderstandingYou

Emilio Estevez was definitely my first love.

Demi Moore

LoveFirstFirst LoveDefinitely

So often, we don't realize that the very moments in which we live become our history, our story.

Deborah Wiles

LiveHistoryStoryMomentsBecome

One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself.

Christopher Nolan

YourselfUnderstandingYouWithout

Unlike many in the conservative camp, I accept theories of global warming, and accept that man-made activity has played a part in global warming. My differences have only been on what the solutions should be.

Bradley A. Smith

DifferencesAcceptConservativeBeen

Japan has huge potential in women - potential, especially in the area of the economy, that Japan is not using fully.

Arancha Gonzalez

WomenPotentialEconomyJapanUsing

It is the liberal philosophy, not the conservative one, that views humans as selfish automatons.

Allen West

SelfishPhilosophyConservativeViews

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