Emil Cioran Quotes
Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.

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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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I'm from Maine. I eat apple pie for breakfast.
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There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
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I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.
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I enjoyed being in 'The Ten Commandments.' That was a great experience - to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.
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The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.
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I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been frisked. I've been arrested so many times I couldn't tell you. I have no need to talk about it.
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I don't go out. I don't go to clubs. It's not my thing. I sit at home with my glass of wine and watch hours of reality TV. I have a million shows on my TiVo.
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The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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You were born as the one you are.
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Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice.
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If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
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To be fearless in the Lord does not require us to be great and powerful men, but only to believe in the great and powerful God.
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It’s foolish to talk of an “Asian century” or an “emerging market century” because events move at a pace that renders this degree of durability obsolete.
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Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.