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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My room used to be full of Michael Jackson posters.
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I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.
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There are still countries where women don't enjoy basic rights like the vote or the freedom to study or the freedom of choice in marriage. Every year there are twenty million little girls in Africa who are deprived of their sexuality through brutal genital operations. Basically, there's still much to be done.
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I've been telling anyone willing to listen that banks have a tendency to sit on time bombs while convincing themselves that they are conservative and nonvolatile.
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A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.
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Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration.
