Simone Quotes

42 quotes by 18 authors

I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women. — Juliette Binoche
Ive got a soft spot for really cheesy 1980s ballads by Pat Benatar and Foreigner. When I'm having my make-up put on at 6am and… — Natalie Dormer
I think Nina Simone has had an amazing journey. She was spicy and she had attitude and she didn't care, she wanted her money in… — Nia Long
Carla Hesse has given us an astonishing new look at women's struggle for independent expression and moral autonomy during the French Revolution and afterward. Denied… — Natalie Zemon Davis
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're the honky," she… — Nina Simone
There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for… — Robert Wyatt
I listen to Radio 4 and put the iPod on shuffle. I like the randomness of, say, the Stones, then something from Nina Simone, Nick… — Catherine McCormack
I'm very eclectic in my music tastes - anything from Nina Simone to Beethoven to Talvin Singh. — Monica Ali
Girls are taught to sing high and pretty, like Antony, not low and from the guts like Nina Simone. But we're slowly trying to change… — Beth Ditto
Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job… — Talib Kweli
The thing to remember about love affairs," says Simone, "is that they are all like having raccoons in your chimney." ... We have raccoons sometimes… — Lorrie Moore
[Simone Weil's] life is almost a perfect blend of the Comic and the Terrible, which two things may be opposite sides of the same coin.… — Flannery O'Connor
I just love the gifts you bring me for lunch. Other girls get diamonds. Me? I get mayhem and blood â€“ and all before noon.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
You know it doesnâ€™t work that way, T. I have to be touching the body or something that belonged to the victim. Photos only give… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Want to come back to the morgue with me after lunch? (Tate) I shudder at the thought of the pickup line you must have used… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
But for the last couple of weeks Iâ€™ve had this bizarre sensation that something is watching me. (Simone) You mean someONE, right? (Tate) I know… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
And you are? (Xypher) Pissed off. You wrecked my car, shoved me around, and are a complete and utter dickhead! (Simone) Dear God, what a… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fine. Iâ€™m a Skotos (Xypher) That means what? You have toe jam? (Simone) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I donâ€™t like being threatened, lied to, or manipulated. Youâ€™d do well to remember that. (Simone) Or what? Youâ€™re going to snivel at me? (Xypher) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
You have to sleep sometime. (Xypher) So do you. (Julian) Down, boys, down. Please, I just want to be free before I get testosterone poisoning.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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