Emil Cioran Quotes
Where are my sensations? They have melted into... me, and what is this me, this self, but the sum of these evaporated sensations?
Quotes to Explore
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I don't like workouts that make you bulky.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!
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It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.
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I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
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The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited.
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
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To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.
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If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas.
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I loved doing 'Homeland.' I loved playing Brody.
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In the evenings I studied chemistry at the University of Chicago, the weekends I helped in the family store.
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I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!
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Because of the Turing completeness theory, everything one Turing-complete language can do can theoretically be done by another Turing-complete language, but at a different cost. You can do everything in assembler, but no one wants to program in assembler anymore.
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I know that I do have influence over the people who watch me, and it's quite a pressure. I have to stay positive, and while I would never use the words 'role model', I am mindful of the responsibilities that come with a substantial viewership.
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I would hope the NBA Players Association would say that people like LeBron could come out early because he's so gifted, but if you stay, you stay three years. Your skill level will be greater, and the chances of you going to the NBA are much greater.
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My job as a performer is to make sure that whatever happens in a performance lives in somebody else, that it's memorable... If you forget tomorrow what you heard yesterday, there's really not much point in you having been there - or me, for that matter.
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I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
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It is entirely a matter for David whether or not he wants to be open about that.
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I, for example, am a pompous asshole, but my comics are genius!
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I need to be more under control. I need to calm down a little bit so I can cut down on the little silly errors I get.
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Where are my sensations? They have melted into... me, and what is this me, this self, but the sum of these evaporated sensations?
