"As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. What were these instructions? The instructions were never to lament casually. And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity and beauty."

-- Leonard Cohen

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“You don't become a Republican until you lose all your baby teeth and fall down a lot and get the croup and then become angry and bitter.”
“Sure the shovel and tongs To each other belongs.”

Source : Samuel Lover (1858). “Songs and Ballads ... Fourth edition”, p.92
“People think I am unemotional because my voice is flat and a bit boring. It is unfortunate but it is just the way it is. I've tried to change it but it doesn't seem to make a difference. The truth is, I have lots of emotions inside. I cried after the semi-final at Wimbledon [2012] because I was proud to reach the final and I knew how much it meant to the country. I cried after the [losing] final [to Federer], too, for different reasons. I felt I had let people down. I think people warmed to that. They could see how much it hurt.”
“To be the object of someone's obsession is horrible.”
“When the modern scholar cites from a classic text, the quotation seems to burn a hole in his own drab page.”
“Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives.”
“Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.”
“You cannot antagonize and be a positive influence, and you will antagonize when you discipline through emotion.”

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