Leonard Cohen Quotes

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.

Leonard Cohen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: September 21, 1934 - November 7, 2016

Topics

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'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

Andrew Scott

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I cut an imposing figure. I am large, and I'm tall, and I have tattoos. I am actually really quiet and shy, but maybe people see me, and they don't want to step out of line, or equate disagreement with stepping out of line with a writer they like.

Roxane Gay

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I enjoy, in the summer, getting back to writing in my own voice.

Mike O'Brien

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On a personal note: I have contracted an outstanding case of breast cancer, from which I intend to recover. I don't need get-well cards, but I would like the beloved women readers to do something for me: Go. Get. The. Damn. Mammogram. Done.

Molly Ivins

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To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth.

Milan Kundera

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I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.

Johnny Depp

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While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent.

Diego Maradona

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In a situation like the Rumble, I'm looking around constantly and keeping my back against a rope as much as possible so I can see what's going on.

Dean Ambrose

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You didn't eat some days for two days you didn't eat properly.

Chingy

YouTwoEatDaysSomeProperly

In New York, all the crews read 'The New Yorker.' In Los Angeles, they don't know from 'The New Yorker.'

Bruce Eric Kaplan

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You have to take care of your guys. If a guy underperforms, you get rid of him. If a guy overperforms, you take care of him.

Antonio Brown

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First of all, as a man the most important thing you have in your life now is your child that you're carrying. That's it. Everything else comes second; personally, for me, other than your relationship with God and your wife.

Allan Houston

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