Emil Cioran Quotes
All my life, I have lived with the feeling that I have been kept from my true place. If the expression 'metaphysical exile' had no meaning, my existence alone would afford it one.
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People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.
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Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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You can de-select the songs that you don't want to have on the record, but I hope we always put something out that has a lot of songs that the majority of people will love.
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I as a Muslim want you, as a Christian, to really be a perfect Christian. I want my Jewish friends to be perfect Jews, to live according to the highest principles of what it means to be a Jew, to be a Christian, to be a Muslim.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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I'm one of those who believe the bumper sticker: If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. The first people who are going to be in line to turn in their guns are law-abiding citizens. Criminals are going to be left with guns.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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I think that we live in a highly specialized, technologically advanced society. Highly developed societies tend to have very remote understandings about what underlies our prosperity.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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The first requisite of a gentleman is to be true, brave and noble, and to be therefore a rebuke and scandal to venal and vulgar souls.
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It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.
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I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone.
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It's true that everything happens for a reason, but it is always our responsibility to choose the reasons.
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All my life, I have lived with the feeling that I have been kept from my true place. If the expression 'metaphysical exile' had no meaning, my existence alone would afford it one.
