Simone Weil Quotes

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

Simone Weil

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Nowadays, you have to sell, like, half a million or a million records just to break even.

Maynard James Keenan

YouBreakHalfSellJustMillion

The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.

Michael J. Fox

PeopleFaceSearchChurchWallGo

I think, so many times in society, women are expected to behave a certain way. You are raised to say 'sorry' and 'excuse me', and get out of the way.

Stephanie Beatriz

WomenMeSocietySorryThinkYou

Yemen is one of the most dangerous spots in the world.

Michael McCaul

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Fear doesn't exist in football, especially for Real Madrid.

Luka Modric

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If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

Lou Brock

TimeChallengeStartYouOver

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

Jose Manuel Barroso

DisasterEuropeWouldInternal

All roads lead to 'American Pie.' 'As American as apple pie' was the saying. It was some kind of a big American song that I wanted to write, which would be a conclusion for my show and bring all the songs home, which it still does. I can go anywhere I want with American music and come home to that. And it all makes sense.

Don McLean

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As parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts we need to start getting out into nature with the young people in our lives. Families play a key role in getting kids outside.

David Suzuki

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Women need to become conscious of the impact that their attitudes and actions can have on future generations of voters and politicians.

Cheryl Mills

WomenFutureImpactBecomeNeed

There's nobody you can call and say, 'So, can you maybe send me your formula for frying Hollandaise?' because to the best of my knowledge, it didn't exist before we did it.

Wylie Dufresne

KnowledgeBestMeYouNobodySay

The cuckoo who is on to himself is halfway out of the clock.

Wilson Mizner

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