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Emil Cioran Quotes

Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: romanian
Birth: April 8, 1911 - June 20, 1995

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Make Inner Concession Conscious Each

And getting married this autumn was certainly an additional incentive to spend rather more time in England.

Time More Getting Married Autumn

I just never want to do anything that's going to compromise what I do. It would have to be a song where there would be honest discussion about something.

Song Compromise Want Never Anything

My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.

Journey Rest Conquer You Know How

It looked like a pagan banner planted on a Christian rampart.

Christian Like Planted Pagan Banner

It's important to read as much as you can because you never know when you will find the best script that you want to do next. I'm always quite picky in what I read and what I go for.

Best You Find Know Important Want

Engineering is a fantastic base for any career.

Engineering Career Fantastic Any

I've never been a 16-year-old girl.

Girl Never Been

There's great power in deference. You ask somebody 'what' or 'how' questions. People love to be asked how to do something. They feel powerful, and from a deferential position, you've actually granted that power, and you're the one that now actually has the upper hand in the conversation.

Christopher Voss

Love Power Great People Powerful

My only power is my ability to do something with passion and do it well. It's also something someone cannot take way from me, so it's very valuable.

Passion Power Me Someone Way Take

People that could yodel always fascinated me. People that could sing loud always fascinated me. So I started trying to mimic at a really young age: 6, 7 years old.

Age People Me Trying Young Old

By all means, let us study the great writers of the past for their own sakes, but let us study them for our guidance: that we, in our turn, having (it is to be hoped) something to say in our span of time, say it worthily, not dwindling out the large utterance of Shakespeare or of Burke.

Arthur Quiller-Couch

Great Time Past Say Study Turn

Being a native of Spain, the country to which I owe much of my education and cultural background, I was deeply influenced by my great predecessor Santiago Ramon y Cajal.

Education Great Country Being Spain

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