Emil Cioran Quotes
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was.
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People are realizing that color has no bearing on what's known as brotherhood.
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The daily calendar seemed, to me, like a kind of cartoon black hole, and you didn't have to be a rocket scientist to know that that couldn't be sustained indefinitely. That's why I pulled the plug on that one after the '02 edition. Kind of a preemptive strike.
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I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.
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I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
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Times have changed; so must the lenses through which we see the political future.
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I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.
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History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that.
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It was a hard time. It was something I would love to erase from my memory.
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People hate the man who is a constant drain on their sympathy.
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There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as at the higher levels of military command).
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The first and last thing demanded of genius is love of truth.
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I know how it's gonna be when I die. It's going to be no noise, you ain't going to hear people screaming. I'mma fade out.
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The painter strives and competes with nature.
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'And if it's proud to have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts,' Miss Jenny struck in, flushed, 'she is proud.'
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I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time.
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A lot of MTV's programming is hip-hop based, and the messages are usually all about bling bling. A lot of hip-hop artists sing about stuff that's more important, but they seldom get heard. The ones who get heard are the ones saying, 'Think about yourself. Make your money. It's all you. Everybody have a good time and party.'
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Obsession with conventional ideas of 'success' can be harmful enough, but compound that stress with relationships, family, financial woes and health concerns, and you find yourself in a constant state of fight or flight. This causes people to be more reactionary, which further perpetuates the cycle of stress.
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Then it was like a genie out of the bottle and it began to walk all on its own and in directions I did not want.
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If you want better behavior from bankers, then make their financial incentives more like those in the hedge-fund world - where managers have 'skin in the game,' and their net worth is tied to their long-term performance.
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There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.
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We always love...despite; and that 'despite' covers an infinity.
