Emil Cioran Quotes
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
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My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
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Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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Discipline and united action are the real source of strength for the nation.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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In San Francisco, I found Warren Levinson, who had set up a program to study Rous Sarcoma Virus, an archetype for what we now call retroviruses. At the time, the replication of retroviruses was one of the great puzzles of animal virology. Levinson, Levintow and I joined forces in the hope of solving that puzzle.
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I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.
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A lot of these people were getting to where they didn't need help anymore. You have to start all over again.
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
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I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.
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Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.
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American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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Acting is not my favourite thing. I don't like wearing costumes and wigs.
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Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
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There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.
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Doubt is a difficult animal to master because it requires that we learn the difference between doubting God and doubting what we believe about God. The former has the potential to destroy faith; that latter has the power to enrich and refine it. The former is a vice; the latter a virtue.
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I don't have a therapist, so I use me as my own therapist when I'm making the music.
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By never marrying, I ended up never divorcing, but I also failed to accumulate that brocade of civility and padlock of security - kids you do or don't want, Tiffany silver you never use - that makes life complete.
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Thought is as much a lie as love or faith.
