Simone Weil Quotes

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.

Simone Weil

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LieDoorImpossibleKnowResolve

You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams.

Jermain Defoe

BestYouPlayWantRealAgainst

No other athlete in any sport has ever had to go through what I have to.

John McEnroe

GoAthleteThroughOtherEverAny

There is no bird flu in commercial stocks.

Michael E. Mann

BirdFluCommercialStocks

Bill Cosby is a famous black guy who has a bully pulpit the size of the world; it's global. He puts his colossal foot on the vulnerable necks of poor people, and as a result of that, we don't have a balanced conversation.

Michael Eric Dyson

PeopleWorldBlackFamousResult

I'm just not that comfortable writing so much about myself.

Mike Wallace

MyselfWritingComfortableJustMuch

I haven't worn jewelry since one of the front teeth I had made into an earring became no longer necessary because I lost the ear.

Mick Foley

JewelryLostTeethBecauseNecessary

Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

TasteUsFlavorDistinguishWhich

I've read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I've read because he is, like, a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I'm not a big reader.

Conor McGregor

HomeHeroBookBigLawsMine

Any Arthurian enthusiast who has watched 'Merlin' has probably concluded that it's not accurate whatsoever - but, it's not meant to be. It's not meant to be a true telling. It's in a fantasy setting, it's really concentrating on the fantasy element.

Colin Morgan

Meant To BeTrueFantasyWhoTelling

Growing up, I didn't really know who the Tuskegee Airmen were.

Anthony Hemingway

Growing UpGrowingKnowUpWhoWere

After aircraft production, the entertainment industry is America's largest source of trade surplus.

Tyler Cowen

AmericaEntertainmentProduction

When you forcefully suppress religious nationalism, you radicalize it.

Reza Aslan

NationalismYouReligiousSuppress

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