Emil Cioran Quotes
Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration.
Quotes to Explore
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Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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I know what it takes to be fast and I feel like every year I learn valuable lessons about how to be better the next time.
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I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.
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I don't think the label makes the artist or the artist makes the label. It's the music that makes everything work or not.
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I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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I love cars, but I love bikes more.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I really loved animals when I was little - my friend and I had an imaginary vet's office; we would mime doing surgery on animals. We treated more injuries than illnesses - fixing with a baby bear with a broken leg, removing a tumor. Of course, our surgeries would take about five seconds; that's how good we were.
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My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater.
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I am always attracted to the moments when a person who is associated with a certain message, image or sensibility evolves. I am very interested in how audiences respond to that maturation and absorb the evolution.
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Bach: a scale of tears upon which our desires for God ascend.
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We do not yet understand that when we neglect men, we rape women.
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When a man lies he murders some part of the world These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives All this i cannot bear to witness any longer Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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People think that I have this wonderful hourglass figure, but I owe that to designer Tadashi Shoji because he cuts for me really well.
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Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration.
