Emil Cioran Quotes
The multiplication of our kind borders on the obscene; the duty to love them, on the preposterous.
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A lot of people give in to those pressures and let others influence the process on their second albums because they want to achieve the success they had with their first again, but they don't know how to do it.
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I think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words. For instance, 'soul.'
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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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From a gameplay standpoint, I've said for years that hero, fiction, and tone have nothing to do with the idea that choices have consequences. And that's really what I'm interested in. I care about you showing how clever and creative you are.
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Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.
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I have been called 'The American De Maupassant.' Well, I never wrote a filthy word in my life, and I don't like to be compared to a filthy writer.
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If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.
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In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
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Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling – I can so well remember it. There was always something more – behind and beyond everything – to me, the golden spectacles were very, very big.
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It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?
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I've gone from being quite wealthy, when I was defending women, to being quite poor defending men.
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Aside from rabid Islamists, no one who wishes to be taken seriously can publicly say anything bad about the old Jews of Europe without sounding like reactionary troglodytes.
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The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
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The great thing about 'American High' is that, every year, you can do a completely different environment.
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I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
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I've tried to make 'Strictly Ballroom' impossible to date. It does feel a bit '80s but I consciously made sure there was no technology in the movie that could date it.
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Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious.
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I was supported from every side by my family and by the ministers, but so much also by the people.
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Curiosity is one of the strongest human incentives.
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I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high school, I found myself spending much time in parent groups worrying about alcohol, unsupervised parties, and parents not being parents.
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A man is not dependent upon his fellow creature, when he does not fear death.
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This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life.
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The multiplication of our kind borders on the obscene; the duty to love them, on the preposterous.
