Emil Cioran Quotes
Without the faculty of forgetting, our past would weigh so heavily on our present that we should not have the strength to confront another moment, still less to live through it. Life would be bearable only to frivolous natures, those in fact who do not remember.
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As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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Having companies like PotashCorp based in Saskatoon or Cameco based in Saskatoon that have worldwide presence but have the head office jobs, the head office managers and head office employees in your local economy are important from a job creation and wealth creation point of view.
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It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
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Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.
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My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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I had to learn to not be so hard. And I had a wife and, at that time, a partner when Samori was born, and for most of Samori's life, a partner, who, for whatever reason, did not have to learn that and was very tender and very, very soft with him.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek.
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Life is like an analogy.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.
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Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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Posterity is something I'm a big fan of because that's how you leave your legacy. Not to sound pompous, but just to be truthful.
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And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don't think love saves you.
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I don't really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n' roll, really.
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I don't want to tell you what to buy. I just want to help you think about why you're buying it.
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I paint not the things I see but the feelings they arouse in me.
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Without the faculty of forgetting, our past would weigh so heavily on our present that we should not have the strength to confront another moment, still less to live through it. Life would be bearable only to frivolous natures, those in fact who do not remember.
