Emil Cioran Quotes
I know that my birth is fortuitous, a laughable accident, and yet, as soon as I forget myself, I behave as if it were a capital event, indispensable to the progress and equilibrium of the world.
Quotes to Explore
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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My favourite job hands down - and I think I can speak for everyone involved - was 'Breaking Bad.'
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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I eat super clean and am always watching what I eat.
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If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.
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I still have a lot of my friends from high school. You just know who is there for you for real, and who is trying to get something out of you.
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There are musicians who want to make a living making music. There are listeners who want to listen to music. Complicating this relationship is a whole bunch of history: some of the music I want to listen to was made a while ago in a different economy. Some of the models of making a living making music are no longer valid but persist.
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One seeks to equip the child with deeper, more gripping, and subtler ways of knowing the world and himself.
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The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be. The problem is that no one is coming to the rescue.
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Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.
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I know that my birth is fortuitous, a laughable accident, and yet, as soon as I forget myself, I behave as if it were a capital event, indispensable to the progress and equilibrium of the world.
