Leonard Cohen Quotes
Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free.
Quotes to Explore
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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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I got addicted to Tetris, playing it in my basement, I was missing all these airplane flights over it. After the fourth one that I missed, I realized I needed to get rid of this thing - so ever since then, I don't play video games any more.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.
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My biggest fears aren't with my work. My biggest fears are walking through hospital doors. Once you can face that, being fearless about your work is easy.
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I'd like to work with Bjork if I could get in the studio with her. We could probably travel to a different planet, you know what I'm saying?
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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I am a big music nerd.
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To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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All I can do is try to create the best show possible, and I feel we've truly done that.
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I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.
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Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way.
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When I was on the 'Mickey Mouse Club,' there was Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling and Christine Aguilera. But they were 12 and I was 17, so there was a bit of an age difference.
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When we're born. . . All of us. . . Are free. People who reject that, no matter how strong they are. . . Don't matter.
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I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.
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He who stifles free discussion, secretly doubts whether what he professes to believe is really true.
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Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free.
