Emil Cioran Quotes
Of all that makes us suffer, nothing - so much as disappointment - gives us the sensation of at last touching Truth.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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I think you can soften people's hearts, even if they have a lot of hate. Music can do that if it's beautiful and honest. If I can do that - soften just one person's heart - I consider myself successful already.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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Why is it that a large majority of Hindus do not inter-dine and do not inter-marry? Why is it that your cause is not popular? There can be only one answer to this question, and it is that inter-dining and inter-marriage are repugnant to the beliefs and dogmas which the Hindus regard as sacred.
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If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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I saw John Garfield smoke. He was my idol, so I smoked. I even smoked like him.
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I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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I will run against anybody.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Aretha Franklin was as important to the civil-rights movement as Malcolm X and Medgar Evers. Artists can choose to take on the tremendous amount of responsibility we have, or choose to ignore it.
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When it's all said and done, I want to look back on my career and say I did numerous things.
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I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.
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I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much.
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Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.
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I was the sort of kid who spent a Sunday afternoon prying little trees out of the foundation of his parents' house. I should have given in to the inevitable truth that this was the sort of person I would become, in the end, but I kept fighting it.
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As teachers and coaches, we must remember that when mere winning is our only goal, we are doomed to disappointment and failure. But when our goal is to try to win, when our focus is on preparation and sacrifice and effort instead of on numbers on a scoreboard then we will never lose.
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Of all that makes us suffer, nothing - so much as disappointment - gives us the sensation of at last touching Truth.
