Emil Cioran Quotes
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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It is easy to get an interesting loop to happen, but it becomes a collage when the song and loop are constantly changing.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.
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I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
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Too clever is dumb.
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Everyone always dies for his country. If you have lived in it, well and wisely and actively, you die for it too.
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If I'm traveling, I'll pack socks in my bag - really cute furry ones.
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
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Peoplehood tends to develop into nationhood if the people achieves a certain maturity. This is analogous to an individual person who becomes acquainted with herself only in the course of her life, without being able to say that she possessed no personal uniqueness at all before that 'self-recognition.'
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I'd rather offer my life as a sacrifice than be necessary to anything.
