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Leonard Cohen Quotes

I had girlfriends who really irritated me by their devotion to the Beatles. I didn't begrudge them their interest, and there were songs like 'Hey Jude' that I could appreciate. But they didn't seem to be essential to the kind of nourishment that I craved.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Me Appreciate Kind Devotion Seem

The goal of jiu-jitsu in self-defense isn't to take someone down to the ground - the goal in jiu-jitsu for self-defense is actually to be able to defend yourself on the ground, get up, and get away from an attacker. That's what the goal is.

Yourself Someone Goal Down Defend

Whenever people with money have power over people with less money, you have the potential for exploitation.

Jennifer Weiner

Power Money People Potential You

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.

Time Myself Poetry Brother Thoughts

No matter what, the entrepreneur must strive to be above average and, at the same time, understand what is driving those averages they are seeking to beat. Take the time to understand and test the metrics you are using, and then you can not only set the average, you can exceed it.

Time Driving You Entrepreneur Test

I studied political science, and when I fell into acting in college - it was just a total fluke that I became an actor. I ended up changing my degree and went for a double major and missed political science by two classes.

Science College Political Acting Up

I like the irony in my work.

Work Irony Like

There's only so many times you can read how ugly you are and how much people hate you.

Hate Ugly People You Only Read

The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and says, 'You saved my dad's life.'

Life Depression Someone You Up Fact

The people who care the most about the folks in your community are living in the community. They don't live in Washington, D.C.

Live Community People Care Living

Biographers use historians more than historians use biographers, although there can be two-way traffic - e.g., the ever-growing production of biographies of women is helping to change the general picture of the past presented by historians.

Change Women Past Picture Traffic

It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man.

Shoes Man Someone You Psychedelic

What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.

Why Question Where Poem After Came

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