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 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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My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on screen.
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I find it always pleasurable talking with young people, particularly those aspiring to be writers, out of nostalgia, and because I've always felt that we oldies can learn so much from them and draw from them inspiration in our flagging and rickety years.
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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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I really like Holly Williams. I've said that a bunch, but her song 'Drinkin',' I just love it.
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The flowers were beaten down, their bent-over heads bejeweled with diamond droplets like earring on sad, rich widows.
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Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration.
