Emil Cioran Quotes
Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, compromises their solidity.
Emil Cioran
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I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
Ralph Ellison
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And the American public was able to make up their own mind whether this verdict was a just verdict or not. So I think there's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works or doesn't work, so I think there's a definite value there.
Lance Ito
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If God be an infinite being, there cannot be, either in the present or future world, any relative proportion between man and his God. Thus, the idea of God can never enter the human mind.
Baron d'Holbach
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I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'
Zosia Mamet
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I'm basically useless in interviews because I don't remember anything. But I find it very peaceful, actually, because I have a sort of busy mind. I'm like, 'This is great!'
Gaby Hoffmann
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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
E. Joseph Cossman
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To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.
Babasaheb
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I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music.
Imelda May
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Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Calvin Coolidge
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
W. Somerset Maugham
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It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?
Jack Osbourne
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Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.
Malcolm Gladwell
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Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, obviously if I make a thousand records or CDs or whatever, I like to sell a thousand.
Ian MacKaye
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A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy.
Abdoulaye Wade
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There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring.
Orison Swett Marden
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This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.
Felix Baumgartner
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O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics - Unless I am down with rheumatics.
Quintus Ennius
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Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.
Natalie Massenet
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The media's worried about whether I've paid my taxes; they're worried about any number of silly things that have nothing to do with America.
Joe Wurzelbacher
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People all over the world now are following our election. And according to a new international poll that just came out, I think this came out a few hours ago, this is true, people in Canada want Barack Obama to be the next U.S. president. That's what they're saying. In Canada, yeah. That makes sense, because Obama has the support of Canada's anti-war voters, as well as Canada's black guy. He is very excited.
Conan O'Brien
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I wish it was a little easier for an actor to later go into singing and have it be accepted, but maybe I can still do it.
Zachary Levi
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You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.
Alva Ross "AJ" Kitt IV
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Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, compromises their solidity.
Emil Cioran
