Emil Cioran Quotes
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
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A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
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There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
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Clearly, humans will always have a role to play in emergency response for law enforcement. But if there's an emergency, if there's a 911 call, the question is, do you want a human dashing off to respond to it right away?
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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People really love editorial cartoons, and I think publishers understand that.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
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The Second Amendment is an integral part of the Bill of Rights.
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Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.
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As enjoyable as it is when you're just writing and getting feedback from family members, it's 10 times more enjoyable, or 100 times more enjoyable, when you actually start getting paid for it, and people start reading your books, and once in a while you get a good review.
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My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist.
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Then, when the Fed's fire hoses started spraying an elephant soup of liquidity injections in every direction, and its balance sheet grew by $1.3 trillion in just thirteen weeks compared to $850 billion during its first ninety-four years, I became convinced that the Fed was flying by the seat of its pants, making it up as it went along. It was evident that its aim was to stop the hissy fit on Wall Streetm and that the thread of a Great Depression 2.0 was just a cover story for a panicked spree of money printing that exceeded any other episode in recorded human history.
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Trifles make the sum of life.
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It's the moments of our life that shape us.
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Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui.