Leonard Cohen Quotes
So the great affair is over but whoever would have guessed it would leave us all so vacant and so deeply unimpressed. It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human is how you deal with it. It is okay to feel that way... and then understanding that you can work through it.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
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For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.
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My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.
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I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.
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Within the sphere of steampunk, there seems to be a rapidly growing subsphere of gadgetless 'neo-Victorian' novels, most of which attempt to recapture the romance of the era without all the sociopolitical ugliness.
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I really like looking at what's new in my favourite designers' stores, even if I don't buy anything.
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I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
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I like fashion, but I love, love, love music and film; they are my two passions. I would love to pursue my acting and my love of music more than anything.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.
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The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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I don't really think in career terms.
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I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog.
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The man who has perceived God looks upon all types of men as dream motion-picture images, made of the relativities of the light of Cosmic Consciousness and the shadows of delusion.
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Years ago, during a John Grisham phase, I tried to pinpoint exactly why I found Grisham's often predictable legal thrillers quite so comforting. The best answer I could come up with was the frequency with which Grisham tells us that his lead characters are sipping coffee. When it comes to food and drink, predictability can console.
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I don't see a difference between the big screen and the small one. We are entertainers, and the medium doesn't matter.
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So the great affair is over but whoever would have guessed it would leave us all so vacant and so deeply unimpressed. It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far.
