Emil Cioran Quotes
If I used to ask myself, over a coffin, 'what good did it do the occupant to be born?' I now put the same question about anyone alive.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit.
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I believe the National Park Service has demonstrated strong partnerships geared towards respecting the private property of citizens in its administering of the current Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and will continue to do so upon the addition of the routes.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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I know there are some people in British Columbia who are still holding a vigil for '3rd Rock'.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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Families are families. We've all got them, more or less, and we all know what it's like to be bullied by another generation.
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
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Prison has humbled me in a lot of ways, because when you go to prison, I became 11 R 2024 you know, I wasn't Ja Rule the superstar. I wasn't any of that. I was just a regular inmate.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.
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Economists have the same occupational hazard as baseball managers and football coaches: Every person on the street knows their job better than they do.
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He didn't even take up golf because it would take away time from his family or children or grandchildren. He was completely selfless.
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My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.
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I am slightly fascinated by the question of whether humanity is capable of change. I may have come to the conclusion that we're not, but we keep trying.
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So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.
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If I used to ask myself, over a coffin, 'what good did it do the occupant to be born?' I now put the same question about anyone alive.
