Emil Cioran Quotes
If just once you were depressed for no reason, you have been so all your life without knowing.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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Healthy is in the eye of the beholder.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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The problem with the focus on speculators, as was demonstrated during the financial crisis, is that it tends to divert attention from the real villains. During the financial crisis, the villains were the actions of the banks, not the speculators betting on bank share prices.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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All rappers are princesses like me.
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The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.
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Being single has its ups and downs, and being in a relationship has its ups and downs. It depends on how you balance it and how you handle your problems within your relationship.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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There's no reason music should be difficult for an audience to understand.
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In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness.
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I love apple juice.
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According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts.
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A pig's trotter is a fantastic thing. The first night of my honeymoon in Paris, my wife fell asleep in her steak tartare, so my trotter kept me company.
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I have restaurants, bookshops... but it's not an empire, more... a puzzle. If it were an empire, all my restaurants would be the same.
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Striving is exhausting. Sometimes I do say things like, 'I wish I were not quite this driven to be excellent.' It's not a comfortable life. It's not relaxed. I'm not relaxed as a person. I mean, I'm not unhappy. But... it's the opposite of being comfortable.
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I don't find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I'm not saving anybody's life, I'm not a teacher, I'm not working for UNICEF. I don't think I'm some big deal.
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I believe the best persona to be onstage is the one that comes naturally.
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It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that.
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If just once you were depressed for no reason, you have been so all your life without knowing.
