Force of Circumstances Vol. III (1963) as translated by Richard Howard (1968) - Excerpt online http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/1963/interview.htm <br class="br">General sources <br class="br">Context: It was said that I refused to grant any value to the maternal instinct and to love. This was not so. I simply asked that women should experience them truthfully and freely, whereas they often use them as excuses and take refuge in them, only to find themselves imprisoned in that refuge when those emotions have dried up in their hearts. I was accused of preaching sexual promiscuity; but at no point did I ever advise anyone to sleep with just anyone at just any time; my opinion on this subject is that all choices, agreements and refusals should be made independently of institutions, conventions and motives of self-aggrandizement; if the reasons for it are not of the same order as the act itself, then the only result can be lies, distortions and mutilations.
Brian Reynolds Myers (1963) American professor of international studies
"Touch of Evil: A selective investigation of recent mysteries and thrillers" http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/04/touch-of-evil/304721/ (April 2006), The Atlantic <br class="br">2000s
Natacha Rambova (1897–1966) American film personality and fashion designer
On Valentino, p. 58
Photoplay: "Wedded and Parted" (December 1922)
“So-called instincts are instructive, Felix. They point to survival values.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Beyond This Horizon
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 7, “Burn him down at once—”, p. 76
“I'm so afraid of losing something I love, that I refuse to love anything.”
Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005), p. 216
“Cary Grant roles are ones I would love to have played, but I was never given any.”
Ian Carmichael (1920–2010) actor
Associated Press obituary 8 February 2010 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlzdX4EHkShqZYk3U2TEp_YHkjLgD9DO2PH01
“Maternity," it has been said, "is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion.”
Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) British journalist, businessman, and essayist
Ch. 4, Nation Making http://books.google.com/books?id=1ANBAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Maternity+it+has+been+said+is+a+matter+of+fact+paternity+is+a+matter+of+opinion%22&pg=PA122#v=onepage <br class="br"> Physics and Politics https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4350 (1869)
“I refuse to be beaten in any way shape or form, so I'm gonna beat this too.”
Ronnie James Dio (1942–2010) American singer
From "A 39 News Interview in Houston" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXTL6EqHqkc
Théodore-Adrien Sarr (1936) Catholic cardinal
Source: Women have a very important role in the Christian Community http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2014/08/08/women_have_a_very_important_role_in_the_christian_community_/en-1104194 (August 2014)
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) French sociologist, technology critic, and Christian anarchist
Source: The Subversion of Christianity (1984), p. 113
