Emil Cioran Quotes
The feeling of being ten thousand years behind, or ahead, of the others, of belonging to the beginnings or to the end of humanity…
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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I was an English major in college!
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I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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In 1995, the Clinton Administration reached an agreement with Cuban government that any refugee caught at sea would be sent back to Cuba while any refugee who reaches the United States shores would be allowed to begin the process to citizenship after one year.
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North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
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I want a gentleman. Someone with manners.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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My favorite big city would have to be Chicago. I lived in Indiana for several years and would always go into the city with my family for Cubs games or to visit the aquarium and museums on field trips.
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I just try to keep myself a traditionalist. I liked being an underground comic doing my thing. I want to maintain that. I just do.
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I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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People want to come to Pakistan but are not given visas. We wish for visas to be given to those people who want to come to Pakistan.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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Habit with him was all the test of truth,It must be right: I’ve done it from my youth.
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Oh, for the sake of momentumI've allowed my fears to get larger than life.And it's brought me to my current agendumWhereupon I deny fulfillment has yet to arrive.And I know life is getting shorter,I can't bring myself to set the scene.Even when it's approaching torture,I've got my routine.
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I think you gotta have some humor [in your story]. People gotta have a moment to laugh and feel that it's not taken 100% serious. That's important.
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There's something clean, simple, and even detoxifying about a loaf that contains nothing more than the best stone-ground, whole-meal flour, salt, yeast and water.
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I'm a great admirer of cartoons, because I can't do cartoons.
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The feeling of being ten thousand years behind, or ahead, of the others, of belonging to the beginnings or to the end of humanity…
