"Patience is one of those feminine qualities which……" — Simone de Beauvoir
"Patience is one of those feminine qualities which have their origin in our oppression but should be preserved after our liberation."
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206 Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir
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Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship,…
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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
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Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human…
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the…
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In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or…
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Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.
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In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.
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All oppression creates a state of war.
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I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.
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I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.
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Ideally, people find mates with whom they can express both their masculine and feminine sides.
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I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending…
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I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.
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Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.
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She was deeply passionate about the sacred feminine.
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Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.
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A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine…
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To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision.
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later…
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I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition…
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