Emil Cioran Quotes
I would like to explode, flow, crumble into dust, and my disintegration would be my masterpiece.
Emil Cioran
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We are suffering today from a species of Christianity as dry as dust, as cold as ice, as pale as a corpse, and as dead as King Tut. We are suffering not from a lack of correct heads but of consumed hearts.
Vance Havner
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... freshness trembles beneath the surface of Everyday, a joy perpetual to all who catch its opal lights beneath the dust of habit.
Freya Stark
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You have to remember where all this dust is coming from, ... There is a political advantage to the opposition to have this happen.
Dennis Hastert
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But as it is to the dust that we go down at death, so it is from the dust that we arise at the resurrection.
G. H. Pember
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So, then, even the dust is a resting-place of hope for the people of God.
G. H. Pember
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Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both.
William Cowper
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A masterpiece doesn't so much transcend its time as perpetuate it; it keeps its moment alive.
Arlene Croce
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Obviously, the fate of our own species concerns us disproportionately. But at the risk of sounding anti-human—some of my best friends are humans!—I will say that it is not, in the end, what’s most worth attending to. Right now, in the amazing moment that to us counts as the present, we are deciding, without quite meaning to, which evolutionary pathways will remain open and which will forever be closed. No other creature has ever managed this, and it will, unfortunately, be our most enduring legacy. The Sixth Extinction will continue to determine the course of life long after everything people have written and painted and built has been ground into dust and giant rats have—or have not—inherited the earth.
Elizabeth Kolbert
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When a woman is fit and healthy, everything else falls into place. We are conditioned to put others first, that 'burnt chop syndrome' we observed in our mothers. It takes discipline to pay attention to our diets, to exercise, to leave time for refreshment of mind, body and spirit.
Quentin Bryce
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I am still here because I like to prove myself. I still like to ride the bike on track and enjoy the races. I still have good reasons to be in racing after so many years.
Valentino Rossi
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I would like to explode, flow, crumble into dust, and my disintegration would be my masterpiece.
Emil Cioran
