Emil Cioran Quotes
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
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I am a member of the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society; I visit sacred places such as Devil's Tower and the Medicine Wheel. These places are important to me, because they've been made sacred by sacrifice, by the investment of blood and experience and story.
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I'd like to think, if I was ever in a fight, I'd win, although I'd probably run in the opposite direction.
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By staying focused on what I intend to create, by believing that the universe is all-providing, and by knowing that I'm worthy of the unlimited beneficence of the Source of being, I just keep attracting prosperity to me.
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Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
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Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.
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Chinese people themselves, they really want change.
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My freshman year, I played third, and sophomore and junior, third.
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I don't want women and their families to be left out and left behind. We can fight for them. We will fight for them. They deserve better and I want to give them better.
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I think of myself as an enormously lucky person.
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The perfect antidote to dark, cold and creepy is light, warm and cozy.
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I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
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A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
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If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.
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A lot of people have called me the black Bette Midler, and I regard that as a compliment.
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My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.
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But when you hear the complete album, it gets dark, really straight-up rock, with some really intimate moments with just me and the piano. It's not completely me because there are parts of me that aren't on that song, that are on the album.
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If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
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Because we are in a war situation, this can sometimes be dangerous work. But guys like A.D. Flowers and his technicians just take it in stride and get on with the job. In four years, we've never had a serious accident or injury working with all the explosions.
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I always demanded respect. I came prepared and expected others to do the same.
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A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.
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Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.
