#ma

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#does #dying #itself #life #living

In the United States, there is a broadly shared view that the U.N. is one of many potential instruments to advance U.S. issues, and we have to decide whether a particular issue is best done through the U.N. or best done through some other mechanism. ↗

— John Bolton

#best #broadly #decide #done #instruments

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#being #decrees #destroying #inferior #inferiority

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#always #been #explanation #man #none

Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a fellow for life just because he was the one that you met when you were nineteen. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#because #fellow #find #involved #just

I think art is a consolation regardless of its content. It has the power to move and make you feel like you're not. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#consolation #content #feel #i #i think

Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#activities #day-to-day #disease #early #experience

You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry. ↗

— Kabir Bedi

#film industry #friends #hindi #i #industry

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#appeal #because #catholic #confession #great

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about? ↗

— Beck

#experience #firsthand #how #intolerant #judgment