Leonard Cohen Quotes

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use.

Leonard Cohen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I still am a virulent anti-communist. It is a bad system, an immoral system, and one that takes away the rights of people and the rights of individuals. And everywhere it's gone, it's failed.

Joe Lhota

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I would love to do a western. I would love to play an explorer. That is always something that has really captured my imagination since I was a kid, like James Cook or Magellan or Earnest Shackleton.

John C. Reilly

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Anytime you're away from your home filming, it messes with your head.

Jennifer Lawrence

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I'm more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well - obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well.

Jenna Bush

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This discovery convinced me of the power of crystallography and led me to continue in this field.

Robert Huber

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At Real Madrid, I did heading drills with Cristiano Ronaldo. You see him go up for headers, that spring and power - he is a real beast. At Juventus, I saw Fernando Llorente, how he finds space and directs his headers.

Alvaro Morata

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If I get some Bruce Lee nun-chucks that he actually used in a movie, those are going in the case. Those will never be used. Those will never be touched.

Tracy Morgan

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I was a huge David Letterman fan, even going back to when he was on NBC. My parents would only let me watch a half hour of television a day, so I would record Letterman the night before and then watch it when I came home from school. That's what made me want to do a T.V. show.

Trevor Moore

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You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.

Mike Tyson

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Newport Center has become a Mediterranean town. The climate here is the same as the Mediterranean's, and so is the architecture. This center exudes a radiance, an energy. It will become a special way of life for everyone.

Donald Bren

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We need to defend principles like democracy, freedom of speech, gender equality, and the rule of law through exemplifying these on a global scale, not through the same cynical, isolationist policies which have eroded these so-called 'British' values across the rest of the world.

Deeyah Khan

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I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy.

Chellie Pingree

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