Emil Cioran Quotes
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I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.
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I was a confused young girl with so much tragedy. Sometimes when you're going through stuff, the last person you're thinking exists is God. I mean, it was my confusion, the anger that was in my heart, all that drama. But thank God I know God now, okay?
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During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and associating with many outstanding leaders.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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The words I overuse are all adverbs.
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All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live.
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I'm not really that bothered by appearance. I know a few players who go off doing stuff in the mirror ages before they go out to play a game, but I'm not really interested in that.
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I am not a political writer. I agree with Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, who are social writers. I can't write in that fashion. I am not good enough for that. What I am interested in is family dramas and why we are doing bad things to each other and what our motives are.
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What 'Deadwood' did was to talk about how capitalism started, how civilised society came in, and how that brought its own problems.
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Granny beads are what they're called when a grandma works the garden all day - you always see them - they have a handkerchief around their neck with a lot of dust on them, and then the sweat will go down and make these black beads of sweat and dirt around their neck. And that's what they call granny beads.
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
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The whole European Federal plan is ridiculous. We are patriotic. The single currency is an outrage. We want the Queen's head - or the King's head, if we have a king - on our own coins.
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To me, America is just another market.
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I can't really have any friends. It's sad, really. It's lonely. But that's how I am.
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Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.
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Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.
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The Arab world needs to appreciate that legitimate historical claims and modern necessities are what make Israel the homeland of the Jewish people.
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I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing.
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A youthful age is desirable, but aged youth is troublesome and grievous.
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To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.'
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The present is never the mark of our designs. We use both past and present as our means and instruments, but the future only as our object and aim.
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I am a regular writer in Mexico, and I always tell the truth in my writings.
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Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
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Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.
