If each of us were to confess his most secret desire the one that inspires all his plans all his actions he would say: "I want to be praised."

E. M. Cioran
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  2. I felt like poisoning a monk. - Umberto Eco

  3. Writer’s block results from too much head. Cut off your head. Pegasus, poetry, was born of Medusa when her head was cut off. You have to be reckless when writing. Be as crazy as your conscience allows. - Joseph Campbell

  4. The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney Company

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More Quotes By E. M. Cioran
  1. Democracy is a festival of mediocrity.

  2. My enthusiasms ... constitute my reserves my unexploited resources perhaps my future.

  3. Let us not be needlessly bitter: certain failures are sometimes fruitful.

  4. Let us not be needlessly bitter certain failures are sometimes fruitful.

  5. If each of us were to confess his most secret desire the one that inspires all his plans all his actions he would say: "I want to be praised."

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