Leonard Cohen Quotes

I never had huge amounts of money when I was young. I had huge amounts of fame, and I always had the sense of labor and recompense. I always said I don't want to work for pay, but I want to get paid for my song.

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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It's very hard to be a playwright because it's very competitive.

Jesse Eisenberg

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I love the 'Underworld' movies because the vampires aren't automatically evil, yet neither are they basically humans with fangs.

Jeaniene Frost

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The whole point of taking a job is that you connect with a character or with an issue.

Michelle Fairley

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I was bullied. I was a bit of a geek. Good-looking guys were off-limits. I didn't start dating until I was 18.

Michelle Ryan

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I think what limited my role when I was WWE commissioner in 2000 was my reluctance to get back in the ring every now and then.

Mick Foley

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According to New York publishers, Bill Clinton will get more money for his book than Hillary Clinton got for hers. Well, duh. At least his book has some sex in it.

Jay Leno

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Most of the time I don't force records. I'm not one of these guys that put records out every nine, 10 months. I'm pretty long between records. I've only had a few in my career. I kind of wait until I feel I have really strong songs. I don't know if they're going to change the world or not, but I dig 'em, and if I dig 'em we make a record.

Jason McCoy

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In five years, I had done 13 films, which I think broke Elvis's record.

Diane Lane

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As a former nine-year member of the Board of Supervisors and nine-year mayor, I know firsthand the merits of strong zoning laws. They protect residential areas so they can support families and be free of commercial activities that are not related to neighborhood needs.

Dianne Feinstein

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But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script.

Dick Van Dyke

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If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic.

Christine Baranski

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It's hard to be surprised by a film. It's hard to be surprised by another actor or by a director when you've seen enough and been around. So when I am, or when I forget that I'm watching someone's movie, or when I don't know how someone made a certain turn that I didn't expect . . . You know, I'm in.

Brad Pitt

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